March 12, 2004

Spanish protestors gather for a silent march through Zaragoza on March 12, 2004.
Millions protest over Spain bombs

[Dig the Al-Reuters headline: makes it sounds as if the bombs acted on their power. Typical apologists for terrorists!]

Millions of grieving Spaniards have poured into the streets crying "cowards" and "killers" as Basque separatist group ETA denied responsibility for the Madrid bombings that killed nearly 200 people.

As darkness fell, two million in Madrid alone joined a mass protest, whistling, banging drums, carrying black crosses or candles, and waving placards saying "No More Killing".

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and EU President Romano Prodi joined Spanish leaders and royal family members at the head of the march on Friday in a huge show of unity a day after the bombs ripped through four packed commuter trains.
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A six-and-a-half-month-old baby girl died in hospital on Friday, the latest death from what Spanish media have dubbed "Our September 11".
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Many analysts say any proven ETA involvement in the bombings would likely benefit the ruling Popular Party (PP) in Sunday's general election because of its tough anti-ETA stance.

But they said that if the killings were the work of Muslim militants, it could be viewed as the price for Aznar's backing of the U.S.-led war in Iraq in the face of strong domestic Spanish opposition.
[This is rubbish! Spain was attacked for all the right reasons--to attack their Western, liberal, and free way-of-life, because they took the Right, right side in the War on Terrorism, because they waged the Reconquista to throw out the Muslims successfully in 1492, and even because Spain (with Gibraltar) commands a strategic spot at the entrance to the Mediterranean, as a nice toe-hold on Western Europe and across from the African continent.--Jen]
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Victims of the Madrid bombs included 24 nationals of 11 other countries. Authorities identified 10 of the countries as Peru, Honduras, Poland, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guinea Bissau, France, Morocco and Colombia.
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At Aznar's residence, a silent vigil was broken by an official shouting: "Send the terrorists to the firing squad."

As a loyal member of the EU, Spain has had to embrace a ban on the death penalty; I think we may very well see Spain break ranks with their EUroweenie "brother" nations because they jolly well will execute the men who've committed this mass murder!

Witnesses spoke of their horror at the carnage -- including mobile phones ringing on dead bodies.

This was the detail that unnerved and upset many people when they read it, including yours truly.
How much sadder can Life get?

Fuelling suspicions of a possible al Qaeda link, Spain has found a van containing seven detonators and a tape in Arabic at a town near Madrid.
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Thursday's death toll was the biggest in a guerrilla attack in Europe since December 1988 when a bomb exploded on board a Pan American Boeing 747, bringing it down on the Scottish town of Lockerbie. In all, 270 people were killed.

Got that? Yesterday's bombings and the Lockerbie slaughter were both "guerrilla attacks."
So says Rooters--bast*rds!
What did you see on the faces of Madrilenos yesterday? Sorrow, yes. Shock, yes. And TERROR.
That is terrorism; the essence of terrorism is the horrifying and senseless murder of innocents for political purposes.
I frankly have no idea what constitutes a "guerrilla attack" much less what a guerrilla is, either, except someone like Cuban Marxist Ché Guevara.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Spanish today again.
May the Lord be with them at their time of sorrow and loss.
Viva Espana!
Shame, Espana for electing Zapatero the Terrorist Appeaser!