Spain Announces Five Arrests in Bombings

Reuters, AP | 3/13/04

[ml/nj]

Why are those signs IN ENGLISH???!!!???

A protester holds a sign blaming Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar for the Madrid terrorist bombing after mourners observed a minute of silence outside the Cervantes Institute in New York Friday, March 12, 2004.

People who cannot read give Freerepublic a bad name.

ML/NJ

[empirekin768]

"Aznar Responsible"

Yeah, that's not political, right. The Left everywhere possesses an utterly insulated mind. They are really incapable of looking beyond the daily political struggles within their own countries. They see everything through that myopic prism.

[Diogenesis]

The New York Times (and Boston Globe) may have more of role than usually suspected.

From The Boston Globe's (and New York Times') own wars against the War for Enduring Freedom.

Turkish bombings, including that of the HSBC bank murdering a dozen people and wounding scores,
directly resulted from smears in the Boston Globe used to demean America and incite terrorists.
The Boston Globe front page article claimed the American liberation of Iraq from the murderous Saddam was a rape.

[empirekin768]

They both look pretty cute to me.

[AntiGuv]

Why would they print their signs in English?

Maybe because English is the 'common language' of Europe?

[livius]

Press statement being issued by Spanish Socialists -

Congratulating security forces on arrests.

Saying they have nothing to do with the demonstrations.

Asking citizens to remain calm.

[expatpat]

unless the Spanish have more cojones than I thought.

They invented the word 'cojones'!

[empirekin768]

Right on.

[Jim Noble]

Note that the signs are in English. Now who do you suppose they were intended for?

The sort of people who would cry over a baby milk factory.

[Darlin']

Yes, I saw that. Couldn't help but notice, while that photo was taken in NYC, the sign, spelling notwithstanding, is not in spanish. Clearly, it wasn't a spur of the moment idea.

[icydanger]

it's ironic
many of those same people were marching against war a year ago

[Diogenesis]

========= Alcala de Henares =========

In Alcala de Henares, 15 miles from Madrid, a van used in the train bombings.
Three of the four trains bombed Thursday originated in Alcala de Henares and one passed through it.

[Miss Marple]

You know, I am not the only one who made that mistake. Thank you for the correction, but you didn't have to be so nasty.

[livius]

Those were from NYC, but it was a Spanish memorial service. So clearly it was meant for, as somebody said, the front page of the New York Times.

[icydanger]

NO
its not Islam the enemy, its fundamenatalism
and if the Prez had dealt with the terror problem differently maybe this would not of happened

[Iberian]

PAZ signs are not being branded about by those majority voters that vote tomorrow. The freaking left!! they might have well showed Kerry (Barney 5) signs.
The Spaniards vote tomorrow for democracy vs. socialist liberals.
In November we will vote along those lines.

[thoughtomator]

There are signs in English among the protestors in Spain too

[Darlin']

I think that particular photo was taken outside the Cervantes Inst in NYC yesterday. Still, it looks to be a professionial printing job so it was not a spontaneous, non-partisan statement.