[An.American.Expatriate]

Could it be that YOU didn't care to read what I said AND you are ignoring your own media.

The man from Darmstadt is not the problem...

his several colleagues who where known to the BKA, LKA, LVA etc... and were living for "many years" in Southern Hesse and who are now in custody in Spain are the problem.

Your media has been quite confusing on this story, but if you read enough different reports it becomes clear "who is who".

By concentrating though on the "Electronics Guy" and stating he was only there for several days, so this is no big deal, simply ignores the true story.

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The planning issue is the hot button one.

Notice Michael's quick reply that the earlier reports were wrong (there a long time) and that the new ones are correct (there just a few days). That ploy obviously worked.

Syricus's post above quotes the one guys neighbor saying he was there for two years, for crying out loud.

It's going to be pretty hard for Germany to rationlize away the fact that the Madrid bombing was planned in Germany, if indeed that happened. However, I have the utmost confidence that they will succeed in rationlizing it in some perverted sort of way, but then perhaps I'm just a contentious SOB.

You're earlier post about a forum poster over there saying it's all cool as long as it helps the terroists win gives me the confidence to predict that the Germans will come up with a cute exonerating slogan that will 'stick' for the general populace and settle the ugly matter once and for all.

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