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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (126487)	3/18/2004 12:11:17 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Meanwhile, a new threat has emerged against France, because of its law regulating the wearing of religious symbols in school. I disapprove of the law, but I do not think that an Al- Qaida cell ought to be threatening to blow something up because of it. Anyway, those who blew up the trains were Moroccans and Indians. How was Iraqi sovereignty their business, and how was the indiscriminate targeting of civilians a proportionate response for the handful of troops the Spanish supplied? And how was it a violation of Iraqi sovereignty to liberate them from Saddam Hussein? Most Iraqis agree that that was a good thing, the overthrow of Saddam. And how does anything change, when we are already scheduled to turn over sovereignty in June? Face it, Jacob, you are merely an apologist for murderous thugs.......

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (126487)	3/18/2004 12:19:03 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Is it "paying off extortion", for the Spanish to take their occupation soldiers off the soil of a Muslim nation? Various comments from Al Qaeda have indicated that they still seem to view Spain as a lost part of the Muslim world. What happens if they decide if they want Granada back? Probably unlikely but this action has simply shown that terrorism will work against Spain. Perhaps ETA will take this as a lesson and ratchet up its pressure. Most likely, I see France coming under attack for its head scarf law. Slacker