[TheLion]

Don't you find the timing of the latest attacks strange? This will probably help Bush get re-elected and make Europe better allies.....maybe someone has some more input.

[Piranha]

First of all, I learned from another thread that 3/11/04 is exactly 911 days after 9/11/01. Second, al Qaeda may be indifferent to geopolitical issues in the countries where they launch their murderous attacks. Third, if they do care, this may have been a propitious time for them to do this, since the election is in a few days and they hope to incent the Spanish to elect the Socialists and withdraw from support of the Iraqi war. We'll find out pretty quickly what the Spanish electorate is made of.