Posted on 12/30/2006 12:36:46 AM PST by canadianally
Strong explosion in Madrid airport...
Madrid is 6 hrs ahead of the US East Coast, right? So 9AM would be 40 mins ago.
ETA bombs with warnings.
ETA usually calls in their bombing operations beforehand.
Hopefully just propane tank on luggage-car/hilo/bobcat/etc. going off, or something of that sort. Can happen if fire starts in vehicle.
eta usually calls before they set anything off
MADRID (Reuters) - An explosion was on Sunday reported in a parking lot at Madrid's Barajas airport, Spanish radio reported.
The explosion followed a telephone warning to authorities.
I couldn't be sure, but I doubt ETA.
ETA has its best friend in their new liberal President. (I forgot the idiots name) He's willing to give away the house without the slightest fight anyway..so why blow it up?
No, I bet this has something to do with those little Spanish celebrations, at which they burn Mohammed in efigy. (as if the muzzies need a reason)
I'm going out on a limb really, without knowing the facts. But predicting the muzzies had something to do with it seems like a safe bet.
CNNI - it was a car bomb.
CNNi: car bomb; extensive damage in parking garage. Glass trucutre destroyed. Warning call. In front of Terminal 4. No injuries but extensive bldg. damage.
Carbomb in front of Terminal 4 -- there was a warning phone call
CNN is covering it
"Guess it doesn't pay off to cave in to terrorists after all"
That was my first thought also.
Terminal 4: Iberia.
CNN TV is covering it, but nothing on the internet yet.
It's 9:49 am in Madrid now.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
According to Wikipedia, terminal four is used by American Airlines, British Airways, and El Al.....
they are saying on cnn that there has been a cease fire with eta since last march...but the phone call warning is so typically eta
Explosion rocks Madrid airport
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/30/madrid.blast/index.html
CNNi on the ground in Barcelona said iberia....
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