Spain Announces Five Arrests in Bombings

Reuters, AP | 3/13/04

[New Horizon]

Spain's Interior Minister Angel Acebes is set to announce the arrest of at least four Muslims in connection with a series of deadly bombings in Madrid, the web site of newspaper El Mundo said on Saturday.

What on earth does their religious affiliation have to do with this, I wonder?

[elhombrelibre]

No, just because they're from Indian doesn't mean they're Hindu. It reminds me of how Panamanians called all Asians Chinos. Not very accurate, but that's the way it was. And a long time ago Spaniands called Indiginous Americans Indians.

[livius]

It's not a mistranslation, but it may be a misunderstanding on the part of Spanish authorities. They may be using "hindue" to refer to Indians in general.

[thoughtomator]

Now with Iraq gone then, who is the sponsor of the continuation of terrorism? Do you believe these are just the death throes of an organization without a sponsor?

[TrueBeliever9]

I prayed that Spain would have them all before Monday!

[e_castillo]

Thats a lousy translation.

[kittymyrib]

Vote Kerry...The Terrorists' Choice.
That's why all the Detroit Arabs are going to work for JF'nK according to Zogby.

[MEG33]

Some Spaniards are already accusing Aznar.

[livius]

They're almost rioting in the street outside of the PP headquarters now.

[AmishDude]

I would think the Religion of Peace (TM) would have been a dead giveaway. Ah well.

[livius]

They're screaming "asesinos" at the PP.

[VOA]

That would be a terrific outcome from all of this.

I just made that post as sort of a balance for Morocco, especially if some Moroccans
are truely culpable in the train blasts.
Additionally, retired Marine Capt. Dale Dye (the fellow who's working
in the film industry now) said on radio last year that he'd had a bit of dealing
with Moroccans during his military service.
He said that in his experience, they are "the straight-shooters" of the Muslim world,
reasonable and fair.
He saw the one terror bombing in Morocco last year as an abberation and representative
of a very small portion of Moroccan society.

[elhombrelibre]

"PP" means???

[Crazieman]

Popular Party

[dennisw]

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck and explodes like a duck, chances are it's a Muslim.

[mewzilla]

Accusing Aznar? Of what?

[AntiGuv]

The 1993 World Trade Center bombing (debatably), the Khobar Towers attack, and two of three Bali nightclub blasts were not suicide bombings. Only one possible suicide bomber was involved in the Kenya/Tanzania embassy attacks (another decided to flee instead and the rest never intended to suicide themselves). The cell phone method was used by Al Qaeda in Bali and has been used by terrorists in Iraq.

There've been a lot of comments suggesting that this does not appear to have been Al Qaeda because they did not kill themselves off, but there is no basis for that belief. In the past, the Islamofascists have killed themselves only when there is no non-fatal means of striking their intended target..

[livius]

Partido Popular, Aznar's party. I just heard a live radio report.