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To: Lane3 who wrote (34841)3/16/2004 10:33:36 AM
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But don't you agree that al Qaeda interprets it as appeasement and thus a victory?

To be honest, maybe yes. I guess the Madrid attack wasn't planned to influence the election. The standard response would have been to rally around the current leader. Al Qaeda might now enjoy what they perceive as "lucky shot". See this article:

Expert warns of terror threat to elections
education.guardian.co.uk

But I am confident that the new Spanish government will prosecute terrorists as much as the old one, with the one exception of a different opinion on Iraq.
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