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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (33905)3/11/2004 2:58:40 PM
From: redfish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793719
 
Who would have thunk it?

"CNN REPORTS: Spanish interior minister says new line of Madrid blast investigation opened after police find van with detonators and Arabic-language tapes. Developing..."



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (33905)3/11/2004 3:01:02 PM
From: MulhollandDrive  Respond to of 793719
 
sky.com

ATTACKS: ARABIC TAPE FOUND

An Arabic language tape with Koranic versus has been found in a van carrying bomb detonators near Madrid, Spain's interior minister has revealed.

The discovery may throw into doubt the Spanish government's claim that the Basque separatist group Eta - rather than al Qaeda - was behind today's devastating bomb attacks, which killed 190 people and injured 1,200 people.

"Because of this, I have just given instructions to the security forces not to rule out any line of investigation," Angel Acebes said....



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (33905)3/11/2004 3:02:16 PM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793719
 
Nadine,
I hope that you are right. This could be the test whether folks hit by internaional terror will blame the attackers or their own leaders for being aggressive fighters against them. We will see how things develop but i dont think this is a slam dunk either way. Mike