Spanish police have put mosques under surveillance and have boosted their Arabic translators tenfold since an al-Qaeda-linked attack on Madrid three years ago, the head of Spain's police said today.Posted on 25 July 2007 @ 12:41 GMTSpain's anti-terrorism fight long centred on Basque separatist rebels Eta, but the country has significantly increased resources directed against Islamist groups since train bombs killed 191 people in March 2004, Joan Mesquida told El Mundo .
"There is special monitoring of mosques and some informal places of prayer," Mesquida said.
"We have an extra 1,000 police and civil guards dedicated to fighting this phenomenon. And, to show you what I mean, three years ago we didn't have more than six Arabic translators in the police force and now we have more than 50," he said.