al-Qaida behind Madrid attack?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by aphexcoil, Mar 11, 2004.

  1. We have a big fat anti terrorist base now in Iraq. It will be there for 50 years.

    If those scum Pakistani Islamic "Allah say world go boom" pricks
    stopped harboring Bin laden, we'd have the prick, who likes to sleep in caves with 100 men.
     
    #41     Mar 11, 2004
  2. Yes, but I'm not running unix right now -- there is a convenient command to find that. I figured Nitro would know right away. :)
     
    #42     Mar 11, 2004
  3. "something’s wrong when im the only one fired over 911"
    Bill Maher from politically correct
     
    #43     Mar 11, 2004
  4. cdbern

    cdbern

    Sure, I've heard that. Also heard of an even greater number that were over run when they failed to be prepared or recognize the enemy.
     
    #44     Mar 12, 2004
  5. Virtouso

    Virtouso


    Yeah, well there are rather obvious differences between those "great Empires" and what the US is doing, don't you think? And even if were the case that the US was trying to be the next British Empire (which it isn't), she is hardly "overextending" just yet.
     
    #45     Mar 12, 2004
  6. maxpi

    maxpi

    Iraq was a bigtime sponsor of terrorism. Gave lots of $ to Arafat, etc. The war is fought on all fronts, economic is near the top of the list. Get over it. You could even grow up if you had to.

    Phil Hendrie went to a Democrat convention in Colorado a couple of weeks ago. He complained to them that they don't have a platform other than "hate Bush". He said the whole weekend was just hate Bush. One guy there threatened him with bodily harm if he did not go along with "hate Bush". Do you guys have a platform other than hate Bush, hate the rich, etc, or am I going to have to put up with this moronic shit all my life??

    Max
     
    #46     Mar 12, 2004
  7. cdbern

    cdbern

    Max, their cup is full with hatred. No space left for creative thinking or observation. Always has been a serious flaw in their platform. They've never quite figured out how to garner support by telling voters the plan is to raise taxes.
     
    #47     Mar 12, 2004
  8. Is this what you said about Viet Nam and the WAR against communism? How you justified the lives lost in that war?

    Do you think the presumed hatred for bush, is baseless?

    I'm no Dem., but bush and co. are a bunch of lying, spineless thieves, that simply need to go.
     
    #48     Mar 12, 2004
  9. Pabst

    Pabst

    In the last half hour the NYT has placed this bulletin on their web site. IMO the market's will be quite edgy over new hints that Thursday's bombings were indeed committed by Muslim's and not the ETA.
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    Report: Spanish Intelligence Sees Islamic Group Behind Attack
    By REUTERS

    Published: March 13, 2004

    Filed at 11:11 a.m. ET

    MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's intelligence service is ``99 percent certain'' that radical Muslims and not the Basque separatist group ETA are responsible for train bombings that killed 200 people, a Spanish radio station said on Saturday.

    Private radio SER, whose owners have links to the opposition Socialist Party, said the National Intelligence Center (CNI) believes the evidence points to an Islamic group, and that 10 to 15 people left bombs on the trains and fled, the radio said.

    ``The evidence has wiped out previous indications that led us to believe in ETA,'' the radio quoted one of its sources as saying.

    Who was responsible is seen by political analysts as an important question ahead of Sunday's general election.

    Interior Minister Angel Acebes told a press conference: ``If it (is believed to be) al Qaeda, no authorities from the state security forces have told me.'' A Defense Ministry spokesman declined comment on the radio report.

    Many analysts say any proven ETA involvement in the bombings would probably benefit the ruling party because of its tough anti-ETA stance, but if the attack was the work of Muslim militants, it could be viewed as the consequence of Spain's domestically unpopular backing of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

    Cadena SER, citing high ranking intelligence officials, said that at first ETA was suspected. That changed after police later on the day of Thursday's attacks discovered a stolen van near the railway station where three of the four bombed trains originated.

    In that van was found seven detonators and an Arabic language audio tape giving instruction about the Koran. The van did not have the false license plates ETA normally attaches to its stolen vehicles.

    Moreover, other evidence has pointed away from ETA, such as the type of detonators used and the synchronized nature of the attacks.

    Four early morning trains were bombed at the same time, similar to the hijacking of four early morning commercial flights in the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States.
     
    #49     Mar 13, 2004
  10. If history has taught us anything, it is to buy terrorist related dips in the market.

    Show me one dip caused by some act of terrorism that wasn't a good buying opportunity in the long run.

    Terrorism won't cause the market to stay bearish, real fundamentals will.

    While 911 was tragic, apart from the wasted money in Bush's personal vendetta on Saddam, these events are very minor from a bigger perspective of true market fundamentals.

    Look at a sector like the airline sector, that was hit the hardest right after 911, then look how well would you have done if you bought all the airline stocks after 911 and the re-opening of the markets.

    Terrorism fear, especially the acts of terrorism themselves, should be bought.

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    #50     Mar 13, 2004