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Thanks, Dog. Here's a good piece from Haaretz posted by catspaw on another thread about the Al Qaeda claim:

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/403722.html

Report: Al-Qaida claims Madrid attack that kills 190

By Haaretz Service and Agencies

The London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said Thursday it had received a claim of responsibility issued by The Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri in the name of Al-Qaida for the Madrid terrorist attacks that killed at least 190 people and wounded 1,247.

The claim received by email at the paper's London offices said the brigade's "death squad" had penetrated "one of the pillars of the crusade alliance, Spain."

"This is part of settling old accounts with Spain, the crusader, and America's ally in its war against Islam," the claim said.

Referring to Spain's Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, the statement asked: "Aznar, where is America? Who will protect you, Britain, Japan, Italy and others from us?"

The newspaper received similar letters from the same brigade claiming responsibility on behalf of Al-Qaida for a November bombing of two synagogues in Turkey and the August bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad.....-snip-