Al Qaeda, Madrid bombs not linked: Spanish probe [Silly us!]

AP ^ | Mar. 12, 2006 | --

[johnny7]

Damn Basques!

[Southack]

...sheesh...bit late to be vindicating Aznar now.

Even though that's what he told everyone on the day of the train bombings (i.e. that ETA did it rather than Al Qaeda).

[bnelson44]

I'm confused. Didn't they say they were al-Qaeda and didn't al-Qaeda take credit for the bombing?

[Lancer_N3502A]

"were homegrown radicals acting on their own"

Of course they were.

[SandRat]

Who did the investigation the Spanish Three Stooges?

[AmishDude]

I knew it wasn't al Qaeda per se because the bombers didn't kill themselves.

[McGavin999]

So they elected a socialist leader who promptly made the Spanish army run like a bunch of little girls for nothing? You mean that Aznar was right?

[Dallas59]

Didn't Spain learn it's lesson? These so called radicals are oppressed, tortured, Muslim immigrant youth who are just fighting for freedom....

[JRios1968]

The Spanish government hired "Dewey, Cheatham and Howe" to do the investigation.

[pepperdog]

Oh yeah, just like the OKC bombing, and the OU bombing, just some local boys kind of discontented!

[Mike Darancette]

So they were local and Spain elected a Socialist to it's leadership and pulled their troops out of Iraq for no reason?

[ApplegateRanch]

Who did the investigation the Spanish Three Stooges?

It was their crack intelligence team,

Los Tres Amigos!

[TheBattman]

Interesting, as immediately following the attack, a group directly affiliated with Al-Q claimed responsibility....

So what reason do the Spanish have for denying Al Qaeda involvement? Are they afraid of something? AFter all, it was the perceived Al-Q connection that altered the course of the election there, thus inspiring them to act french and back out of helping in Iraq.

[gotribe]

This is all a bunch of hair splitting. To think these terorist organizations don't share information, resources, and people would require a great leap of faith.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Looks like the US 9-11 Commission found new work.

[Seaplaner]

The attack has been frequently described as Al Qaeda-linked since a man who identified himself as Abu Dujan al-Afghani and said he was Al Qaeda's "European military spokesman," claimed responsibility in a video released two days later.

Just one of those wacky coincidences, then?

(Either that or Spanish officials have been successfully terrorized.)

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[kajingawd]

""Interesting, as immediately following the attack, a group directly affiliated with Al-Q claimed responsibility....

So what reason do the Spanish have for denying Al Qaeda involvement? Are they afraid of something? AFter all, it was the perceived Al-Q connection that altered the course of the election there, thus inspiring them to act french and back out of helping in Iraq.""


They are afraid to tell the people that Al-Q* is nothing but a myth...that the reality is that about 110 million muslims want to rape/kill or tax you, cos yer an infidel.

[fortunecookie]

I can just hear the 'terrorists' pleading, 'No, really, we are Al Qaeda. Honest. Here, call them, they'll tell you.' And the interrogators shushing them. And the terrorists squirming because their bosses would want proper credit given for their 'work'.

[johnny7]

I'll never forget the nights after the Madrid bombing. The streets began to fill up with with people... mostly college-age... and our MSM was oblivious to the underlying reason. They assumed it was concern and sorrow for the victims... failing to notice/comment on the number of signs that simply said... PAZ.

Of course... we know now who the youth and the majority of Spaniards blamed... and it wasn't al Qaeda... it was Aznar. They blamed their own before risking to further antagonize their real enemy... the real enemy of all western civilization.

[Levante]

"Who did the investigation the Spanish Three Stooges?"


Worse. The Socialist government of scum-bag Zapatero.