Spain Announces Five Arrests in Bombings

Reuters, AP | 3/13/04

[mewzilla]

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak
out - because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade-unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade-unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.

[Reverend Martin Niemoller]

That kind of thinking reminds me of this.

[Alberta's Child]

You have to understand how Europeans have looked upon this war in Iraq from Day One. The prevailing feeling among many of these people is that Europe had no stake in Iraq, and any support of the U.S. was seen as an act of capitulation to our interests.

[Publius6961]

which introduces the intriguing possibility that these Muslims have nothing to do with al-Qaeda.

Ohhh. OK
I suppose that means that it's OK for the sandmaggots to kill hundrerd, as long as they're not al-qaeda. If they're not al-qaeda, but muslim, then they can do whatever they want and there's no connection btween them.

What, exactly, is "intriguing" (never mind relevant) about the fact that they are not al-qaeda?

[tdadams]

Am I reading that right? "Thousands gather to protest investigation of attacks"?

As in, they don't want the attacks investigated? Why the **** not?

[livius]

They say these are the people who had the pre-paid phone cards and called the cell phones.

[DoughtyOne]

I hope Spain catches every last one of these A.H.s and terrorizes them in kind. I have no mercy for the likes of people who would carry this out. Destroying property and the lives of innocent people just to make a point, is outside my tolerance zone.

[Catspaw]

Holy crap. My guess is that the Indians are Muslims with AQ ties.

I wonder how big this cell was?

[thoughtomator]

No I don't give credence to it. We were promised attacks over Ramadan, Christmas, and again in January and February... remember all the warnings for Muslims to leave NYC, DC, and LA? Nothing ever materialized. I think they shot their load in the USA.

[Crazieman]

Yup, you're reading that right. Thats why I snapped a screen.

[mewzilla]

CNN just went to commercial, and FNC wasn't explaining the crowd when I looked in. What's the scoop?

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Yeah, I did a google search and its about 150 million muslims currently live in India.

[Reader of news]

The 2 Spaniards haven't been arrested. They have Indian origin and have been interrogated by the Police.

[Howlin]

Who are all these people in the streets in Spain? Is this good or bad?

[hellinahandcart]

I'm surprised it took this long. The left wasted no time organizing "spontaneous" demonstrations here to blame the U.S. for 9/11, and the media was happy to help them.

They have less time to waste now in Spain, the election's tomorrow.

[Dog]

10-15 members would be my guess.

[Crazieman]

See #154

[livius]

They thought that the government was hiding AQ involvement, because it was known that AQ involvement would mean that the Socialists will be elected tomorrow.

Personally, I don't think they were hiding anything, and the fact that they moved so quickly is proof of it. Still, I expect the Socialists to be elected tomorrow.

[thoughtomator]

I'll keep that theory in mind, but for now I think the conventional wisdom has the preponderance of evidence on its side. Thank you for the information and new ideas.

[AntiGuv]

I am not surprised. I've been saying this had Islamofascist written all over it from the very beginning.

[Catspaw]

London, Rome, Berlin, Paris--there's a number of targets in Europe as well as the US.