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Israel Radio: Spanish Radio reports at least 95 to more then 100 murdered. Could even be a couple hundred. Big Panic in Madrid.


72 posted on 03/11/2004 12:52:16 AM PST by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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ETA blamed by Spanish Gov. Authorities.


73 posted on 03/11/2004 12:53:06 AM PST by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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LAtest from Haaretz:

Last Update: 11/03/2004 10:51

60 people said dead in Spain after Madrid explosions

By News Agencies

MADRID - At least 60 people were killed in three explosions on packed commuter trains in Madrid during the Thursday morning rush hour, the Spanish Interior Ministry said. Police said the attack appeared to be the work of Basque separatist group ETA.

News reports said two bombs went off in a commuter train arriving at bustling Atocha station.

Blasts rocked two other stops on a commuter line leading to Atocha, the news agency Efe reported. Spanish National Radio quoted witness as saying they saw people lying on the ground and train cars destroyed.

Police told the Europa Press news agency that several people died in the Atocha blast and dozens were injured.

Cesar Gomez, a Madrid rescue services official, said there was a "multitude" of injured at Atocha.

There was no claim of responsibility, but police have been on high alert for Basque separatist violence ahead of general elections Sunday.

A woman who lives near the El Pozo station on the line leading to Atocha said "the scene I am seeing is hellish. People running toward Atocha however they can." The woman said she saw a boy or young man on the ground who appeared to have died.

"I can see people inside the remains of the train," the unidentified woman told Spanish national radio.

An Associated Press reporter saw a woman with a bloodied face outside Atocha station. Medics were seen treating at least three people. A man was taken away on a stretcher.

People living near the station said they heard at least two blasts.

Atocha is a huge downtown complex with a subway station and both commuter and long-distance trains.

About an hour after the blasts, people who had gathered blocks from the Atocha station stampeded away, apparently fearing another bomb.
75 posted on 03/11/2004 12:56:50 AM PST by PureSolace (I love freedom.)
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Terrible. The US should make it clear that we're willing and ready to help our allie with this terror.
88 posted on 03/11/2004 1:25:53 AM PST by KantianBurke (Arguments that got Arnold elected in 02, will get a "moderate" RINO elected to the White House in 08)
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