If intel can eavesdrop and track these girls or guys, why don’t they simply apprehend them and deal with them as they would if found on the fields of Afghanastan?
If they knew they were isis - WHY don’t they move in so as to prevent the attack? They certainly could have.
The cynic would allege the intelligence agencies wanted it that way, but that would be hard to believe...
“The cynic would allege the intelligence agencies wanted it that way, but that would be hard to believe...”. The mayor knew and yet because she believes in “Coexist”, people died. She was safe behind a wall somewhere shouting out orders to the press to stand down until they were absolutely sure it was Islamists.
Spain is the country, but Barcelona is in the region of Catalonia, which has a seriously radical leftist separatist movement going on. So I suspect that Spain got the warnings, informed the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police force() - and the Mossos dropped it immediately because it came from Spain.
Heck, these terrorists had 100 propane tanks in their backyard,...and that didn’t bother the Mossos?
Because there are thousands upon thousands of threats from Muslims, many of which are valid.