How Do You Say "The Threat Of Terrorism Has Been Exaggerated" In Spanish? [Madrid Train Photos]

kgw.com ^ | March 11, 2004 | kgw.com Staff

[Hon]

Photos from deadly train attacks in Spain

05:26 PM MST on Thursday, March 11, 2004

Compiled by kgw.com Staff

Here's a collection of Associated Press photographs from Thursday's deadly explosions in Madrid, Spain.
Click on any image below to enlarge the picture for viewing.

	Rescue workers remove a victim from a train at Atocha train station following a blast there, after explosions rocked three stations in Madrid Thursday, March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
	Rescue workers collect the bodies of victims of an explosion at the Atocha train station, after explosions rocked three train stations in Madrid Thursday, March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections. The blasts killed more than 173 rush-hour commuters and wounded more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
	Rescue workers work around the destroyed intercity train at Atocha train station in Madrid after a number of blasts rocked railway stations in Madrid Thursday, March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections. The blasts killed more than 173 rush-hour commuters and wounded more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
	Rescue workers work inside a train at Atocha train station following a blast there, after explosions rocked three stations in Madrid Thursday, March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections. The blasts killed more than 173 rush-hour commuters and wounded more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
	Rescue workers remove victims at the Atocha train station following a blast there, after explosions rocked three train stations in Madrid Thursday, March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections. The blasts killed more than 173 rush-hour commuters and wounded more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
	Rescue workers remove a victim from a train at Atocha train station following a blast there, after explosions rocked three stations in Madrid Thursday, March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections. The blasts killed more than 173 rush-hour commuters and wounded more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
	Police carry the bodies out of a passenger train in the Atocha train station in Madrid Thursday March 11, 2004, after a number of bombs rocked railway stations in Madrid Thursday March 11, killing more than 170 rush-hour commuters and injuring hundreds more. (AP Photo/EFE, Emilio Naranjo)
	Debris and the bodies of victims lie next to a destroyed railway carriage after a bomb exploded in the railway station of Atocha in Madrid, Thursday, March 11, 2004, killing more than 180 people and wounding at least 900 others. (AP Photo/EFE, J.J. Guillen)

	Firemen examine the damage to a passenger train in the Atocha railway station in Madrid Thursday March 11, 2004, after a number of bombs rocked three busy railway stations in Madrid Thursday March 11, 2004, killing at least 173 rush-hour commuters and injuring hundreds more. (AP Photo/EFE, Bernardo Rodriguez)
	Rescue workers carry a body beside a bomb damaged passenger train at Atocha station following a number of explosions on trains in Madrid Thursday March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections, killing more than 170 rush-hour commuters and wounding more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle)
	Rescue workers retrieve bodies beside a bomb damaged passenger train at Atocha station following a number of explosions on trains in Madrid Thursday March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections, killing more than 170 rush-hour commuters and wounding more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle)

Rescue workers line up bodies beside a bomb damaged passenger train at Atocha station following a number of explosions on trains in Madrid Thursday March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections, killing more than 170 rush-hour commuters and wounding more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle)

	Firefighters carry out a body on a stretcher from a bomb damaged passenger train, following a number of explosions on trains in Madrid Thursday March 11, 2004, just three days before Spain's general elections, killing more than 170 rush-hour commuters and wounding more than 500 in Spain's worst terrorist attack ever. (AP Photo/Paul White)
	Debris and the bodies of victims lie next to a destroyed train car after a bomb exploded in the Atocha railway station in Madrid Thursday, March 11, 2004, killing at least 62 people. (AP Photo/EFE, J.J. Guillen)

[Hon]

What a terrible tragedy. God help them.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Thank goodness something like this can't happen here - John F. Kerry is going to end the war against terrorism and negotiate with the terrorists.

[thegreatbeast]

May God destroy the beasts who do these things.

[Steven W.]

Sr. Hanoi Juan Kerry es un wimpe grande acerca de los terroristos.

[Prime Choice]

How Do You Say "The Threat Of Terrorism Has Been Exaggerated" In Spanish?

La amenaza del terrorismo se ha exagerado.

(It comes from living in California...)

[Travis McGee]

I hope the Spanish go medieval on the Islamofascits.

[joesnuffy]

Can we please now close the fricken borders.......now.....huh?

[Steven W.]

Kerry didn't say he would negotiate with the terrorists - in his recent CFR speech he said he would actually APOLOGIZE to the terrorists and those leaders who harbor them.

[Monty22]

"What a terrible tragedy."

A tragedy is when a tornado blows away a city.

This is an 'atrocity', a war crime like 9/11.

[cardinal4]

I wonder if monsieur kerry has even made a statement yet?

[Eala]

La amenaza del terorismo hasido exagerada. (I am told.)

[NewLand]

May God destroy the beasts who do these things.

Good news...He will.

[Eala]

Wonder if this is a difference between Castilian and Mexican?

[sheikdetailfeather]

Prayers to all the victims of this tragedy.

Note to terrorists: America does not fear ..AMERICA IS LAND OF THE FREE..LAND OF THE BRAVE. WE WILL DIG YOU OUT OF EVERY HOLE.

[Hon]

"A tragedy is when a tornado blows away a city.

This is an 'atrocity', a war crime like 9/11."

Hey, all of Shakespeare's tragedies were man-made.

But I'm willing to say it is an atrocity too. (Though I think only our side can commit atrocities, to hear Kerry tell it.)

[Viking2002]

God In Heaven, I despise the very existence of the demented animals that could do something like this to innocent human beings, and would merrily remove them from Planet Earth - bare-handed, if necessary - with absolutely no remorse whatsoever.

[Prime Choice]

Wonder if this is a difference between Castilian and Mexican?

If there is, it doesn't appear to be appreciable. Though I'm sure the slang between the two has experienced significant drift by now.

[Cloud William]

God In Heaven, I despise the very existence of the demented animals that could do something like this to innocent human beings, and would merrily remove them from Planet Earth - bare-handed, if necessary - with absolutely no remorse whatsoever.

I concur, big time. These terrorists use the tools of warfare against non-combatants, hoping that eventually the bloodshed will be great enough to leverage politically what they cannot win in a stand-up fight. I spit on them.

They keep begging to be exterminated; let's accomodate them. I keep thinking of Hal Moore's prayer in We Were Soldiers:

Our Father in Heaven, before we go into battle every soldier among us will approach you each in his own way. Our enemies too, according to their own understanding will ask for protection and for victory. And so, we bow before your infinite wisdom. We offer our prayers as best we can. I pray you watch over the young men...that I lead into battle. You use me as your instrument in this awful hell of war...to watch over them. Especially if they're men like this beside me, deserving of a future in your blessing and good will. Amen.

Oh. Yes, and one more thing, dear Lord...about our enemies--ignore their heathen prayers, and helps us blow those little bastards straight to hell. Amen again.

Amen, indeed.

[Yardstick]

I googled up a couple of on-line translators, plugged in the phrase, and this is what they spit out.

BabbleFish:

"la amenaza de terrorismo ha sido exagerada"

Prompt-Online:

"la amenaza del terrorismo se ha exagerado"

So it looks like you're both right. Interesting that two versions would come up. I guess there's some leeway in how our "has X'ed" tense can be constructed in Spanish.

I picked up a little Spanish from a landscaping job I had a few years back. I can be fairly conversational, but only in the present tense, and only if the conversation revolves around shrubs and mulch and that sort of thing.

[Mike Darancette]

I hope the Spanish go medieval on the Islamofascits.

They sure have in the past.