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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (4397)	3/12/2004 3:42:36 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: They started to point to Al Qaeda but are still looking for clues. Well, first, "Al-Qaeda" is a buzzword crafted by US intelligence... so, to claim that "Al-Qaeda" perpetrated 311 (the Madrid mass murder) is either meaningless or tantamount to claim that US/Israeli intelligence is behind it... Now, even if some Arab/Islamic terrorist outfit were involved, it would have relied on ETA manpower anyway! For two reasons: first because ETA leaders empathize with Arab freedom fighters and oppose the Iraqi crusade: Message 19871710 Only yesterday, Basque leader Arnold Otegi (), while disclaiming any responsibility for 311, referred to the "Arab RESISTANCE" (sic) as the possible culprit --he didn't call them "terrorists".... Second, ETA operatives have the best know-how to carry out mutliple bombings in Madrid --Basque terrorists can easily blend into the crowd and are much less conspicuous than "ugly Arab darkies".... Therefore, the whole scheme might very well be a joint-venture of sorts... My guess is that for, say, one million dollars, ETA members were eager to do a hackwork. After all, they are in dire straits: most of their historical/political leaders are in jail (either in France or in Spain). And they're strapped for cash --racketeering the shopkeepers and businesspeople in the Basque country only makes them unpopular among their own constituency. Bottom line: I'm afraid ETA rogues were bribed into Spain's most devastating terrorist attack --hence they didn't claim responsibility... Since they didn't do it for "the cause", for Basque independence but merely to refill their bank accounts.... Gus () macon.com