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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread SIX
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Posted on 04/02/2004 6:02:12 AM PST by JustPiper
Breaking News Alert
MADRID, Spain (AP) Police find bomb on high-speed rail line between Madrid and Seville, interior minister says. Europe - AP
Bomb Found on Rail Line in Spain - 20 minutes ago
MADRID, Spain - Police found a bomb Friday under the track of Spain's bullet train line between Madrid and Seville, the Spanish interior minister said.
Bomb-disposal experts alerted by a railway employee found 22-24 pounds of explosive that might be dynamite about 40 miles south of Madrid, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said.
The explosives were connected to a detonator with a 450-foot cable, the minister told a news conference.
The track is used by Spain's Ave trains, which can reach speeds of 186 mph.
Acebes said it was not known who placed the bomb.
The bomb's discovery came less than a month after 10 backpack bombs ripped through four commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring more than 1,800. The focus of the investigation is a Moroccan extremist group with links to al-Qaida. The bombs were detonated with cell phones attached to the explosives.
On Thursday, police in northern Spain defused three letter bombs addressed to journalists in Madrid.
Acebes said the origin of the letter bombs has not been determined, although the mechanism of the bombs is "similar to those that have been used by anarchist groups on previous occasions."
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04/02/2004 6:02:13 AM PST
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JustPiper
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To: JustPiper
The problem Spain has is that the real demands of the Islamist radicals are non-negotiable and they really don't concern Spain's participation in Iraq or Afghanistan. No, they want Andalucia back and perhaps more; in which case, the Euros can forget vacationing on the beaches of Costa del Sol and it would be rather tough to navigate the Straits of Gibraltar.
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:07:18 AM PST
by
laconic
Blast now heard in Bagdad Live per FNC
Other headlines:
Breaking News Alert
KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) Bomber detonates explosives at town hall in northern Iraq, killing himself and two other people, police say.
Breaking News Alert
JERUSALEM (AP) Standoff at Jerusalem holy site over, police say.
Breaking News Alert
JERUSALEM (AP) Police say several thousand Palestinians have barricaded themselves in Jerusalem holy site.
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Israeli police enter Jerusalem holy site, use stun grenades to quell Palestinian protesters who threw rocks at police at end of Friday prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque, according to Israeli police.
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:11:34 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The Middle Eastern states aren't nations, they're quarrels with borders)
To: laconic
Welcome to Threat Matrix Daily Thread number SIX ;)
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:12:42 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The Middle Eastern states aren't nations, they're quarrels with borders)
To: JustPiper
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"We may hate Americans. We may hate them with all our hearts. But all men are creatures of God."
MUHAMMAD KHALIFA, objecting to the mutilation of the bodies of four Americans killed in Iraq.
THE OCCUPATION
Mix of Pride and Shame Follows Killings and Mutilation by Iraqis
This is a bad advertisement for everything we stand for," said Muhammad Khalifa, a spare-parts trader who closed his shop during the disturbance in a sign of disgust. "We may hate Americans. We may hate them with all our hearts. But all men are creatures of God.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/02/international/middleeast/02IRAQ.html?th
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:15:51 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The Middle Eastern states aren't nations, they're quarrels with borders)
To: freeperfromnj; thecabal
We are suppose to get the last thread closed out by the mods so this doesn't happen -sigh- And link to new thread
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:17:29 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(The Middle Eastern states aren't nations, they're quarrels with borders)
To: JustPiper
There has been a disturbance in the Force.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, as you have sworn your oath, carry out your duties.
To: JustPiper
American Airlines has outsourced all of its Spanish calls to Mexico City.
The were being handled by DFW bi-lingual reservation agents.
The writing is on the wall for the rest of the office I'm sure.
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:55:37 AM PST
by
Indie
(We don't need no steenkin' experts!)
To: JustPiper
Hi JP, we have two threads going now, what can we do? Everyone needs to be on the same page. :-)
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:52:21 AM PST
by
WestCoastGal
("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)
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