Posted on 03/13/2005 11:21:26 AM PST by DaoPian
MADRID One year after the worst terrorist attack in Spanish history, the Spanish police continue to uncover and thwart new plots involving Islamic militants... Despite sweeping measures to improve their ability to investigate potential terrorist threats since the March 11, 2004, bomb attacks that left 191 train victims and a policeman dead, ...there are hundreds of people scattered in cells around the country committed to attacking centers of power in Spain. "We have been lucky that our investigations have managed to abort other plots before acts of terrorism took place," Juan Fernando López Aguilar, the justice minister, said in an interview. "That means the threats have not disappeared."
Last September, the police arrested 10 Pakistanis suspected of belonging to a support network for Islamic militants. The raid turned up a video showing details of a number of buildings in Barcelona, including...the two buildings known as Spain's "twin towers." The police also seized documents and videos calling for an Islamic holy war, several pounds of cocaine and more than $20,000 in cash. The group apparently raised money through drug trafficking, falsifying documents and extortion, the intelligence officials said. They said they had evidence that the cell sent the money to cells in Pakistan that were loyal to Al Qaeda. But no evidence of any link to the March 11 attacks was found. The senior intelligence official at the Civil Guard said the group was sending money to the same Islamic militants who killed the American journalist Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal in 2002 in Pakistan.
Investigators are trying to piece together whether there are connections between operatives of Al Qaeda in Spain and the Madrid bombings. Evidence about the cells indicates that Spain is still a target for terrorist attacks despite the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq.
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"Several pounds of Cocaine" !! Columbian Connection? Hmm?
Spent Xmas there last year in Madrid and it was impossible to avoid all crowded places, buses, or subway. Definately not as fun. All that Jamon, Salchicha, and Vino must drive the Islamists nuts.
I think the Muslims would like to have the Iberian Peninsula back again.
The Muslims controlled Spain for a longer period than the time since they were expelled.
There were built in 1992 are are 154 meters high.
Haven't had the pleasure of visiting Barcelona, heard it was a fun town. Again, the "Catalans" would argue if that is even in Spain.
I had given thought to visiting Spain, but no way after they pulled their troops.
I always liked Spain, but will never go there again unless and until the voters get rid of that that communist stench in Zapatero.
Guess appeasement doesn't work.
Those Crusades weren't such a bad idea afterall.
I married a Spaniard, so familial visits yearly are obligatory. I thought about making them meet us in London, but the weather there sucks. The drink and food can't be beat.
They're wonderfully kind and generous people. I was ops officer of a squadron in that beautiful country 1971 - 73 and found the locals to be as pro-American as the folks in Kansas or Utah. Of course, things can change.
Have a great time. Best to you and your spouse.
I'm not too proud to say that I sponge off my in-laws while I'm there. I bring Made in USA gifts and buy mostly food items and cutlery. I'm pretty sure the guys selling the big Hams are decent fold. Anyway, we don't get into politics in the meat store.
Ah, the failed policy of Zapatero and the appeasers of terrorism. When will people learn that islamic terrorists want to exterminate the west whether or not you give into their demands. At least the terrorists respect nations that fight them. Spain deserves the problems it has because of the cowardice of their voters and the anti-war crowd.
Spain in April.
Hot Tip: Across from the Atocha Station, El Brillante, the best Bocarones (Calamari Sandwich) in town.
Of course, in that case the defense of the "homeland of Islam" is the defense of the Islamic beliefs, the Islamic way of life, and the Islamic community. However, its defense is not the ultimate objective of the Islamic movement of Jihad but is a means of establishing the Divine authority within it so that it becomes the headquarters for the movement of Islam, which is then to be carried throughout the EARTH to the WHOLE of mankind, as the object of this religion is ALL humanity and its sphere of action is the WHOLE earth.
Excerpt from "Milestones", by Sayyid Qutb. Reprinted in "Extreme Islam", edited by Adam Parfey.
This man's brother was the tutor of Osama Bin Laden, when UBL was an Islamic seminary student, in Saudi Arabia.
Is it any wonder that the lunatics running Al Qaeda want to reclaim Andalusia?
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