Spanish soldier arrested over 'jihad' videos

CNN.com ^ | updated 7:23 a.m. EST, Tue February 17, 2009 | By Al Goodman

[Cindy]

Note: Photos included.

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spanish police Tuesday arrested a Spanish soldier and his Russian girlfriend for allegedly posting videos on the Internet promoting Islamic extremist views and calling for attacks in Spain, a Ministry of Interior statement said.

[Cindy]

JIHAD WATCH.org (Reuters, February 17, 2009): Madrid - "'They wanted to use the Internet to distribute messages to encourage people in the Muslim world to carry out terrorist attacks in Spain, mixing nostalgic calls for the liberation of Al Andalus with praise of terrorists'" (SNIPPET: "Christian Peso Ruiz and Maria Choubina, both 24...") (February 19, 2009)

[Traianus]

Nostalgic elements......Uhhhmmm...

[PetroniusMaximus]

A practicing Muslim named Christian Peso Ruiz Coello.

Cognitive dissonance anyone?

[Cindy]

Thanks for posting the old map Traianus.

[Cindy]

Oxy-moron for sure.

[gwilhelm56]

So Much for Mohammed’s “Most Mighty JIHAD” forced to use YOUTUBE to spread it’s Satanic Message!

I Laugh at your SO CALLED jihad!

[gwilhelm56]

My brain is coasting in Neutral right about now.. isn’t that map from World History textbooks regarding the CRUSADES??

[Traianus]

Being Italian...I dare to be worried for Sicily!

[Traianus]

This is better: Spain in 732 AD

[livius]

There is a large colony of Muslim converts who live in and around Granada. They are led by a very aggressive Muslim convert and have taken over an entire area down there.

[Tax-chick]

I wonder if his “Russian” girlfriend is a Chechen.

[Cindy]

thread bump.