[longjack]

Ouch.

Of particular note in the 4th paragraph in the body of the article. n-tv says the attack was prepared in Germany. The german word vorbereitet was used. I really couldn't translate that as planned, it is really more like prepare for or get ready for.

Anyway, haunting memories of 911 again.

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[longjack]

German Ping.

[lonewacko_dot_com]

"The Moroccan Abdelkarim Mejjati could have functioned as the intermediary between Sarkawi and the terror command in Madrid. The 36-year-old shall have been involved in the attacks in May 2003 in Casablanca with 45 dead, then went underground."

See http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3212,36-358169,0.html">http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3212,36-358169,0.html
and
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2003/09/04/176283-ap.html

[livius]

Thanks for posting this. I saw a little fragmentary announcement about it in the Spanish press today, but they didn't have any details.

This was obviously a very big operation.

[syriacus]

Good thing the European countries are going to step-up the co-ordination of their efforts.

[An.American.Expatriate]

So, once again, it seems that Germany was used as a safe haven by KNOWN "violent extremists" to prepare a terrorist act. Of course, none of these people will have "known" what they were planning, so, if ever tried in Germany, they will be charged with some misdemeanor or let free. BTW - isn't it wonderful to see that Germany has tightened it's internal security so much?

[An.American.Expatriate]

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