I've long liked Aznar, yet here he appears as another leader who can't - who won't? - see Islamism for its terror.
I could be wrong.. however I believe the point he was making was this.
They were going to bomb us no matter what. The fact that they said it was about the Iraq war was just a means to an end.. to influence us and to make us scared.
They tried to bomb them again not to long ago if you recall.