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To: tejek who wrote (184535)	3/11/2004 3:03:02 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572644

TRAIL OF TERROR Madrid attacks kill at least 190 10 bombs tear through commuter trains during morning rush hour, 1,200 injured Posted: March 11, 2004 1:31 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Spanish officials are blaming the Basque separatist group ETA for a massive ten-bomb attack on three Madrid train stations during the morning rush hour that killed at least 190 people and wounded 1,200 only three days before Spain's general election. Officials called it the deadliest attack ever by ETA, but the leader of a banned Basque party tied to the armed resistance group denied the charge, suggesting "Arab resistance" elements may be to blame. It was the bloodiest terror strike in Europe in 15 years. Arnold Otegi of the Batasuna party told Radio Popular in San Sebastian the ETA always phones in warnings before it attacks, noting the interior minister said this morning's explosions came with no warning. "The modus operandi, the high number of victims and the way it was carried out make me think, and I have a hypothesis in mind, that yes it may have been an operative cell from the Arab resistance," Otegi said. Fox News foreign affairs analyst Mansoor Ijaz said the attack has all of the hallmarks of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, which now appears to be "joining hands with local terrorists." "This represents a dangerous mutated version of what al-Qaida has been doing in other parts of the world ... hitting three simultaneous targets, not necessarily in the same city but in the same area, with multiple explosions at each location." Ijaz, noting Spain is an American ally and about to hold an election, sees today's attacks as "an emerging pattern," citing the recent bombings in Iraq during the Shiite holiday and just before the Iraqi constitution was signed, Fox News said. As reported in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, Islamic terrorists have links to other groups around the world that execute copycat-style attacks and utilize funding from Islamists. These include groups espousing Marxist, anarchist and neo-Nazi ideology. The Basque Fatherland and Liberation separatist organization is one such group. worldnetdaily.com