Al-Queda Attacks Again this time in Madrid Spain

borgslayer · **Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:36 pm Al-Queda Attacks Again this time in Madrid Spain**

From Cnn.com

Rescue workers remove bodies at the Atocha train station.

Spanish officials blamed the Basque separatist group ETA for Thursday's blasts in Madrid that killed at least 192 people, but investigators also explored a lead with Arabic and Islamic links. A London Arabic-language newspaper said it received e-mail from a group affiliated with al Qaeda that claimed responsibility but intelligence officials discounted the claim.

Theresa · **Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:35 pm**

Yeah, I heard France was upping their alert level because of it.

Los · **Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:36 pm**

All the fault is on the US.

Damn Americans.

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

I hope that you are being sarcastic, if not....well it will be interesting.

May God Bless those who lost loved ones in this act of terrorism, and let it remind us Americans and the rest of the world that the issue of terrorism has not dissapeared and this is still a major threat.

Oliver · **Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:42 am**

Spain knew something was going down during the Christmas haliday. They caught some ETA members wanting to place bombs at some train stations in Madrid. So it was just a matter of time for them to strick again. However, it's more and more likely that the ETA has nothing to do with this attack.

We'll just have to wait and see what the investigators have to say.

Capt.Rene D'Hondt · **Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:06 am**

What is the ETA?By the way oliver i am also of Belgium descent my fmaily comes form St.Nikkilas and Antwerp,Antwerpen.

Oliver · **Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:40 am**

ETA is the acronym of the Spanish phrase 'Euskadi ta Askatasuna'. Translated freely to English it means: 'Bask Separatist Movement'.

The ETA forms an armed independence organisation. The members fight to try and make Basque (a piece of land which is now still part of Spain, it's between France and Spain) independant.

I believe the ETA was formed around 1986. So far, without counting this last attact, the ETA have killed about 800 people. It's the most violent organisation of western Europe.

BTW, the correct spelling St. Niklaas. You still have family there? You speak Dutch?

Capt.Rene D'Hondt · **Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:46 am**

Yes i still have family living in Belgishe 4 live in Antwerp and the other one lives along the beach..I dont remember which one but I beleive he is still in the section of Belgium that u call Waasland?I can read a little bit of dutch but not speak it to well...my family though are use to pronouncing words in the Flemish way of talking.

ickle_light · Junior Cadet Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

Sympathies to all the famileis and friends of the innocents killed in Madrid. Unusually for ETA they have said a few times that it was not them who did it, which suggests that it may be other terroist groups that did it. But does it really matter? I mean al those ppl are dead, the only reason it does is that so the families have an organisation or person to direct their anger 2wards.

Oliver · **Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:16 am**

The people who did this should be punished. So yes, it does matter.

F13RC3 · Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 86

Interesting bit of info ...

It appears that this attack happend 911 days after 911 Tragedy in NY. Coincidence?

Kate Janeway · **Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:37 pm**

Symbolically speaking, I think it's just a tad too coincidental.

syd2002 · **Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:59 pm**

I watched this on the news last night, my sorrow is with tohse who died in the train

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F13RC3 · Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 86

13 bombs
10 days before spring equinox (911 was 10 day before fall equinox)

They call it 311 there now

It's sad and scary

Theresa · **Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:40 pm**

There are going to be comparisons made, and "coincidences" found for every attack associated w/ Al Quaeda for quite awhile.

Kate Janeway · **Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:50 pm**

That's true. What I don't see is why there should be any attacks at all.

F13RC3 · Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 86

Well, if you beleive in Illuminati (shadow government), then you would know that this is a part of their plan to turn Muslims and Christians against each other and eventually it will bring us towards WW3, which is one of the ways for Illuminati to reduce the number of people on Earth (population control)... you can call me crazy now

Kate Janeway · **Mon Mar 15, 2004 7:24 pm**

If you insist, crazy now,

^I hadn't heard of this Illuminati until you told me. That's interesting.

F13RC3 · Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 86

It is. I just found out about them myself about a year ago and since then it changed how I view things that happend in the world.

Jeremy · **Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:59 pm**

I think this is most likely to be Al' Quida as it's not the style of ETA. It still could be them as in the last year or so a large number of the leaders have been captured and so a bunch of nutter's that are really young are now in top places. It's not really their style though and would have been difficult for the organisation to carry out the attacks with such presicion.