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Spanish Authorities Had No Clue There Was a Large Terror Cell in Their Midst
PJMedia ^ | 8/19/17

Posted on 08/19/2017 2:48:16 PM PDT by Liberty7732

Not only did they not know of the terror cell, but after the plan went awry when the bomb-maker blew himself up, they still couldn't stop the attacks.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: counterterrorism; jihadineurope; spain
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1 posted on 08/19/2017 2:48:16 PM PDT by Liberty7732
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To: Liberty7732

I did see a story where out CIA? warned them that something was up in that town.


2 posted on 08/19/2017 2:50:50 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

How many muzzies are employed in the Spanish police and military intelligence branches?


3 posted on 08/19/2017 2:52:09 PM PDT by littleharbour
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To: Liberty7732

Likely, there are large moozlum terror cells in every country...except Japan.


4 posted on 08/19/2017 2:53:20 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Liberty7732

Was the Barcelona mosque not listed in the phonebook?


5 posted on 08/19/2017 2:54:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Liberty7732

Have they found the driver of the van yet? Not looking very good here. With the huge number of ‘migrants’ who’ve settle in Spain you’d think the govt was better organized. They look like Keystone Kops, but 14 deaths makes this anything but funny.


6 posted on 08/19/2017 2:55:36 PM PDT by EDINVA
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The FBI had warned them two months ago that there was a plot against Barcelona that involved vehicles and had recommended that they put up barriers at the mouth of the Rambla, precisely where the vehicle entered.

Most people here don’t know much about the extremely leftwing government of Barcelona and Catalonia in general, but they have brought in more “immigrants” than anywhere else in Spain and thus have the highest Muslim population in Spain, have one of the biggest new mosques in Europe that overshadows parts of Barcelona, and attack and harass the Catholic Church constantly.

They thought that was going to keep them safe. Surprise!


7 posted on 08/19/2017 2:57:42 PM PDT by livius
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“Spanish Authorities Had No Clue There Was a Large Terror Cell in Their Midst”

Aaaand what difference would it make?

“Previous terror attacks in France and Belgium were carried out largely by terrorists authorities knew were in the country and had been flagged for surveillance.”

Even the attacks here in the US, the authorities were in the country and had been flagged for surveillance.


8 posted on 08/19/2017 2:58:14 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Liberty7732

This is CYA nonsense.


9 posted on 08/19/2017 3:02:53 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: Liberty7732

Europe has been encouraging these people to invade their countries and that they have been doing.

The Muslims want to repeat their glory days when they invaded and conquered all of Spain beginning in the year 711AD.

Is Spain going to do anything to resist? or just keep bringing them? Europe is hell bent on a suicide mission, IMO


10 posted on 08/19/2017 3:13:18 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Liberty7732

Madrid subway, 2003 or so wasn’t a clue to them?


11 posted on 08/19/2017 3:14:53 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Liberty7732

PC is detrimental to your health


12 posted on 08/19/2017 3:16:28 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: livius

I wonder if that’s why a lot of tours to Spain don’t include Barcelona, despite the architecture.


13 posted on 08/19/2017 3:17:46 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Liberty7732

Heads up their culos! Did they think the muzzies were nice peaceful people?


14 posted on 08/19/2017 3:29:11 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Liberty7732

Sure they knew. They just wouldn’t admit it, or do anything about it, for Globalist Political Correctness


15 posted on 08/19/2017 3:33:42 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Liberty7732

They probably weren’t looking.


16 posted on 08/19/2017 3:59:39 PM PDT by Husker24
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no intelligence or police or security agency can possibly be perfect

this is why it is so essential that we repatriate, send home the Muslim invaders... NOW....immediately....today....start today....send them home....protect our families....please ask President Trump to REALLY GET the commie mass media’s undies in a knot...and send the Muslim invaders HOME ... now!


17 posted on 08/19/2017 4:06:37 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Liberty7732
Rented houses, several vehicles, explosives, automatic weapons — this stuff costs money. And if, as the authorities claim, the attacks were a "long time" being planned, someone had to pay the terrorists' expenses. This could not have been cheap in the "upscale" town of Ripoll.

Here is where we need to focus our anti-terror efforts.

We need to trace the money back to the source. Then force the country of origin to extradite the donor to the nation affected for prosecution.

If the donor is a Saudi prince we must not take no for an answer. Turn him over of face tanks and bombs.

Big attacks take big money. 9/11 took years and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Cut off the money and stop the attacks

18 posted on 08/19/2017 4:20:19 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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That’s nothing. Many years ago, FR had a map of terrorist cells and the feds have done nothing about them. Heck, Mueller did nothing to stop 9/11, the San Bernardino shooters, the Ft. Hood wacko or the Boston Bombers even though he knew ahead of time.


19 posted on 08/19/2017 4:20:52 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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Thank you for referencing that article Liberty7732. Please note that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

Spanish Authorities Had No Clue There Was a Large Terror Cell in Their Midst

Mixed signals about terrorists seem to be coming out of Spain.

Barcelona Chief Rabbi Urges Jews to Leave Spain: 'This Place Is Lost'

20 posted on 08/19/2017 4:35:52 PM PDT by Amendment10
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