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03-16-2004, 08:11 AM
Al Qaeda Pays a Visit to Madrid
By Mike Bayham
GOPUSA
March 16, 2004
It appears that the militant wing of that "religion of peace" struck again, this time murdering 200 civilians and wounding over 1,000 in Spain. After being driven out of Afghanistan, the Islamist front regrouped to inflict its most significant attack since 9-11 in a country that has been one of the United States' most steadfast allies in the war on terror.
Initially, the blasts were attributed by the Spanish government to the Basque separatist terror group, the ETA, but recent arrests and the discovery of evidence linking the bombers with Islam has led many to believe that this was the work of Al Qaeda.
Since the current administration in Madrid has made aggressively suppressing the ETA one of its top domestic priorities, it is unlikely that the Basque militants were going to give the electorate additional motivation to keep the center-right government in power.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/mbayham/2004/mb_0316.shtml)
By Mike Bayham
GOPUSA
March 16, 2004
It appears that the militant wing of that "religion of peace" struck again, this time murdering 200 civilians and wounding over 1,000 in Spain. After being driven out of Afghanistan, the Islamist front regrouped to inflict its most significant attack since 9-11 in a country that has been one of the United States' most steadfast allies in the war on terror.
Initially, the blasts were attributed by the Spanish government to the Basque separatist terror group, the ETA, but recent arrests and the discovery of evidence linking the bombers with Islam has led many to believe that this was the work of Al Qaeda.
Since the current administration in Madrid has made aggressively suppressing the ETA one of its top domestic priorities, it is unlikely that the Basque militants were going to give the electorate additional motivation to keep the center-right government in power.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/mbayham/2004/mb_0316.shtml)