[Grampa Dave]

This is really interesting:

Today: May 07, 2004 at 8:31:24 PDT

Lawyer's Fingerprints Found on Detonators

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADRID, Spain (AP) -

The fingerprints of the American lawyer arrested in Oregon over the Madrid terror bombings were found on bag containing detonators of the kind used in the March 11 attack, the Spanish government said Friday.

The plastic shopping bag was found inside a stolen van left near the train station from which three of the four bombed trains departed, an Interior Ministry official said.

The detonators in the bag were of the same kind used in the March 11 attacks, which killed 191 people, the government has said previously.

The van was found in Alcala de Henares, about 20 miles northeast of Madrid. Inside it police also found an Arabic-language cassette tape with verses from the Quran, police have said.

[B Knotts]

Another tidbit:

US lawyer fingered for Madrid bombings

The FBI compared the evidence with terrorism cases and discovered the potential match between one of many fingerprints found in the van and a US citizen with military experience who was under investigation for suspected terrorist activity.

The discovery intrigued investigators because of the possible involvement of a US military veteran, a rare figure in al-Qaeda cases, and the suspicion that he could have played a significant role in the plot.

Spanish police believe someone with explosives experience helped the attackers build the bombs. The American fitted the profile of such a bomb-maker or trainer, along with two Moroccan fugitives who were al-Qaeda-trained veterans and potential "field commanders" of the bombing cell, investigators said.

This seems to imply that he may have worked with explosives while in the military.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The plastic shopping bag was found inside a stolen van left near the train station from which three of the four bombed trains departed, an Interior Ministry official said.

Is this a special shopping bag?

Totally wierd, ....someone on the bombing team might have been in Portland at one time.....

[MeekOneGOP]

..... The van was found in Alcala de Henares, about 20 miles northeast of Madrid. Inside it police also found an Arabic-language cassette tape with verses from the Quran, police have said.

Religion of peace bump !!