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This angle should be pursued.

Yes. You make some great points.

This just didn't smell right from the beginning. Another poster said that it was widely believed that a terror event in Spain would cause the electorate to want more protection, and vote to retain the conservatives. I don't know about that, but if true, it proves my point that al-Qaida simply could not have grasped the complexity of which way the electorate would be swayed, and Zapatero most certainly could have. When I heard the bombings were via remote detonation, I knew at the very least it wasn't directed by al-Qaida, however possibly sanctioned by them. Then there was the uncharacteristic, immediate claim of credit on behalf of al-Qaida (To ditto: al-Qaida for some time refused to claim responsibility for 9-11, we all had to know this was a departure from the al-Qaida signature) Now we hear the claim is suspect. Surprise.

This wasn't al-Qaida. Somebody is very interested in pinning it on them, and in light of the circumstances, they are not likely to deny it. I don't trust socialists so close to being totally out of power. They had far more to gain than al-Qaida, Iraq is still a quagmire for them, minus 1300 of the 170000 troops there, and the clock is ticking toward the day Iraqis will be taking care of their own security, at which time Osama will need to move to plan C.

"This wasn't al-Qaida. Somebody is very interested in pinning it on them."

Way,

Only have a minute, but although this is possible, it HIGHLY unlikely. I have this sense, in spite of my own personal reaction to some of your posts, that you ARE interested in the truth. And to believe that this is all a hoax, means that a LOT good honest people are really dumb. As I said before, the conservatives are running the investigation, and sure, some investigators may sympathize with the socialists, but even assuming that this means they are capable of mounting a hoax of such criminal dimensions, what about the conservatives working on the investigation? Are they morons, blind, drunk, AWOL, what? Sorry, but this sounds like conspiracy theory stuff from someone who just wants to believe the worst about the socialists. I don't. I have a lot of friends in madrid who are socialists (I am a painter, so in my business they are hard to avoid). I argue with them, we all get really pissed off sometimes, I think they are REALLY wrong about a LOT of things, but they are my friends. However mistaken they are, that doesn't make them evil. And neither do they believe I am some imperialist that wants to nuke the middle-east to steal its oil, despite the fact that that SOME people here, out of ignorance, believe that about Americans. You, Way, in your profile, say you were a leftie once. Were you a bad person then, or just misguided? Would you have killed US citizens to get democrats into office? Would your friends at the time have? Come on. I just want an honest answer. And if I sound like I am being judgemental I am not.

forrest (gotta run or would say more)