August 21, 2004

Bombs rattle Spanish resort towns

Two small bombs left in glass recycling bins have exploded in coastal resorts in north-western Spain, leaving four people with minor injuries.

A caller claiming to represent Basque separatists, who have targeted Spain's tourist industry before, phoned a warning before the devices went off.

The injuries were caused by flying glass when a bin exploded near a yacht club in Sanxenxo in the Galicia region.

A second bomb near a marina in Baiona, also in Galicia, caused no injuries.

Whoever is behind these attempts, the full force of the law in going to come down on them," he said.

Four small bombs exploded at holiday resorts on the country's northern coast earlier this month.

Isn't this pathetic and sad?
The ETA terrorists know they can attack Spain with impunity since they saw the Spanish government and the Spaniards cave after Al Queda pulled off the Madrid bombings.
Common sense should have told them to stand up to the terrorists--any and all terrorists--no matter what name or cause their group bears...and we tried to tell them, but they wouldn't listen and now they're reaping the whirlwind.
AQ may be appeased for awhile because they got what they wanted this time which was to get Spain to pull their troops out of Iraq, but now ETA has come back (although not yet with a vengeance) and both ETA and AQ want to conquer Andalusia for themselves and most probably have joined common cause long ago.
Mistake, Zapatero.
America should be forewarned that the same thing will happen should Zapatero's fellow Leftist John Kerry be elected President here.