Spain Announces Five Arrests in Bombings

Reuters, AP | 3/13/04

[icydanger]

well it doesnt seem you know much about Islam, the true Islam

[Brad’s Gramma]

So? Enlighten us.

[thoughtomator]

I have no problem with real Muslims who understand that the purpose of religion is to conquer the self. You sound exactly like Muslims I know who are having a lot of trouble understanding what the Islamists have turned their religion into.

[sinkspur]

gr8 actions, bringing to civil war!

Civil war? There's no "civil war" in Spain!

You've been cowed by the terrorists.

[livius]

I also think they blamed ETA because it was logical to do so - they've caught a large number of ETA members heading towards Madrid with explosives (large quantities) in the last few weeks. In addition, I think declaring AQ involvement right away would have been perceived as anti-Muslim, something the PP is trying very hard not to appear.

I still think there will be some involvement of ETA in this - it couldn't have been coincidental that ETA has been eagerly trying to get explosives to Madrid, even in one case getting a suitcase bomb on a train, rigged to go off in the Charmartin station (at Christmas). I think we'll find ETA was involved in the material supply, if nothing else.

[icydanger]

well may be
you never know I am a french terrorist, I negotiate

I prefer to negotiate before a few hundreds or thousands get killed then after

[arasina]

Please don't start hassling Miss Marple for making a simple mistake. IMO you were the one who had the "knee jerk reaction" in quickly singling her out for correction. Miss Marple is one of the finest FReepers I know. Read her past posts and you'll see they bear that out. Now can we just get back to the thread at hand? I've admired some of your past posts as well. We are all on the same side here, ml.

[ValerieUSA]

"it's?" Are you sure about that one?

[johniegrad]

Tell us what you would negotiate with them and how those negotiations would prevent their perpetration of violence against innocents.

[Dog Gone]

I see. You're John Kerry.

[icydanger]

Spanking kids.

Same thing: sometimes they look for limits.
When you spank systematically for no reason, you start a chain of violence

But before you spank them, make sure:
-it is justified
-you do it with lucidity & calm

[livius]

Do you have any more photos, arasina?

It sounds as if the demonstrations in Madrid are pretty intense, although so far they have been peaceful and the police are simply standing by. But people keep arriving, and there are more than 7,000 people at one of them.

[Miss Marple]

Thank you, arasina. I should have been more careful in reading the caption with the photo, before I posted.

I will be more careful in the future.

However, there is no doubt in my mind that AQ is planning a big attack before the election (just like they have done with Spain) in order to sway the American election.

[BlazingArizona]

Spain's Interior Minister Angel Acebes said on Saturday that three Moroccans and two Indians had been arrested in Madrid as part of the investigation into train bombings that killed 200 people three days ago.

The detonators had embedded software?

[stripes1776]

its not Islam the enemy, its fundamenatalism

Islamic fundamentalism is the enemy.

[Skywarner]

"Spanish voters may surprise us and opt for firmness, i.e., elect Aznar's conservative successor, but it is not outside the realm of possibility that, if Arabs are shown to be responsible for the bombing in conjunction with residual bitterness over the unpopular Iraq War, it may work to sway enough voters to elect the socialists."?

If Spain votes to elect the socialists, it will be seen as a "win" by the terrorists. This will result in more, not less, attacks on the Western world.

Let's hope that the Spainairds stand strong tomorrow at the polls.

[icydanger]

i am neither leader nor Prez ok?

[King Prout]

hopefully, all the way.

[icydanger]

right, and fundamentalism happens in all areas.

[ml/nj]

Please explain to me why you felt it necessary to be insulting, rather than just pointing out my error.

See my post at #429.

You may have the last word.

Keep up the good fight.

ML/NJ