[Trampled by Lambs]

I hope this is not the first of a series. I'll be watching the news carefully for the next few weeks...

[BushMeister]

This looked like Al Qaeda to me from the get-go. Simply too much carnage and too many innocent people killed to be a Basque attack. Yes, it's possible that this is a cooperative effort between the Islamists and ETA, but I'm still leaning towards the Islamic angle.

If the Basques have a problem being part of Spain, which is a democratic country and a Constitutional Monarchy, they should work within the political system. The more radical elements will target Spanish politicians and officials, which, while reprehensible, is at least understandable. Occasionally, the Basques have staged attacks on civilians in order to gain attention to their cause. But these attacks today are an absolute act of war. And the multiple nature of the attacks, and multiple bombings within each attack, seem more like Al Qaeda than ETA. More on the Basques:

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