PURPORTED AL QAEDA LETTER CALLS TRUCE IN SPAIN! (BLACKMAIL ALERT!)

Yahoooo via Reuters ^ | 3/17/04

[Enterprise]

From Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades to the Nation of Spain:

We have good news and bad news:

The good news is that if you remove all troops from Iraq we will stop killing you.

The bad news is that we will train ETA in our methods so they can be even more effective and kill you in greater numbers!

[cripplecreek]

You're assuming it was a landslide victory for the socialists. It wasnt.

Several thousand took to the streets to protest their new govt and show support for Aznar today.

[rikkir]

All I can say is read my tagline.

[threat matrix]

This is really sickening.

[AntiGuv]

You're assuming it was a landslide victory for the socialists.

It was about as close to a landslide as it gets in a parliamentary system.

Several thousand took to the streets to protest their new govt...

Yawwn. Typical Europe. The only shock would've been if they hadn't.

[Enterprise]

"This is weird - a whole country shaking in their boots and letting themselves be humiliated in front of the whole world."

It's much easier to kill defenseless bulls.

[Bringbackthedraft]

How nice of Al Queda, now lets talk reparations for the deliberate mass murder of civilians.

[areafiftyone]

Makes me glad I'm an American.

Me too

[Peach]

LOL! You should send this to Rush and Hannity, etc.

Hilarious.

[RobFromGa]

It is so interesting to be smack dab in the middle of history.

Some day people will read about the cowardly Spanish appeasers and how they voted for terrorists and how they wanted to give up when the going got tough.

But thankfully cooler and braver heads prevailed-- and civilization was saved for another generation to enjoy free of Islamic bondage and opression due to the leadership oif President George W. Bush and the courage of the Americans and their coalition.

[Frank_Discussion]

I wish I could get on a bullhorn in Madrid right now:

CITIZENS OF SPAIN - ATTENTION!

This is what is called the "handwriting on the wall". Your voters caved. Consider your next actions. A lot of death is in your control to either encourage or discourage.

[dandelion]

I pray that God gives America the strength to stand alone, if it is necessary. The world is being told to stand back and watch as we are destroyed, and they may very well do so. But in the end, if America is destroyed, who will save the rest of the world from this hateful army?

This is more fearful than death: the image of the world living on it's knees, in fear of death.

I will not be among them, for I will choose death first. To hell with Al-Qaeda.

[Bringbackthedraft]

"It's much easier to kill defenseless bulls."

You have a point there. Their Civil War was even fought by outsiders on both sides.

[Believe_In_The_Singularity]

If this is true, and Spain does not seek blood from the villains who murdered their people:

1 - What do you think of the Spanish people?</ rhetorical>

2 - When is the next extortion/explosion going to occur?</ rhetorical>

BITS

[Peach]

Ditto your words.

We laugh and posture. But, but the reality is that if AQ can bring down our financial markets, we're in deep trouble. If we go into a depression, the world will not help us. Of course, it will bring the rest of them down right along with us, but they are too busy hating us to realize that right now.

[Angelus Errare]

My own take on what happened:

http://windsofchange.net/archives/004722.php

It's a sad day when a country like Spain can be backmailed at a governmental level.

[Publius6961]

Mohammed (sbuh) be praised!

[Conservababe]

As my grandmother used to say "you made your bed...now lie in it". Spain has chosen to appease the terrorists and they will now get the ultimatums from them.

[Shermy]

the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades

I don't think these are the real guys. They put out the first letter that gained notoriety, but it might have been a hoax. They also claimed responsibility for the American blackout.

This group did not put out the videotape of the Moroccan claiming responsibility.

Let's see if the press examines it closely.

[Pikamax]

This is to let everyone know who is in charge of Spain and Western Europe.