New Terrorist Attack in Madrid?

[CofyCrakCocaine]

CNN just reported that there was a 'strong explosion' in Madrid's airport, and the authorities claim it was a 'car bomb'. So far there have been no confirmed deaths, and there was evidently a warning to police before the bomb went off, but the story is still unfolding so more on this as it develops. Can't find anything about it on the internet still, so I'll post a link when it shows up.

[reeshy]

Pray for those who were hurt and killed....and kill those that caused this,,,,very slowly!!!!! Amen!!!!

[sailor]

<font size="2">it was the <a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2006-12-30T093914Z_01_L30851238_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SPAIN-EXPLOSION.xml" target="_blank" title="madrid">basques</a> (ETA) not arabs, which is a good thing (relatively).&nbsp; it's unknown if anyone was hurt as a warning was called in ahead of time, as per their usual methodology.<br /></font>

[MadBiker]

<strong>sailor</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">it was the <a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2006-12-30T093914Z_01_L30851238_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SPAIN-EXPLOSION.xml" target="_blank" title="madrid">basques</a> (ETA) not arabs, which is a good thing (relatively).&nbsp; it's unknown if anyone was hurt as a warning was called in ahead of time, as per their usual methodology.<br /></font><p><font size="1">Pity. The Euskadi declared a cease fire back in March and were trying more diplomatic tactics to achieve their state aim of an independent homeland. I wonder if a rebel faction has not broken off from the main group, tired of the talk-tactics and hungry for attention.</font></p>

[scottinnj]

<p>If there was a call ahead to warn the airport, it does sound like the Basque.&nbsp; That is there usual M.O.</p><p>That being said, they are still commie pigs.</p>

[FUNKMAN]

damn basques, hopefully they aren't basking with pleasure

[furie]

just wonderful
this is going to make life at the airport hell.
Why can't the Basque be more like the Catalan?

[Davios]

<p>Being from Spain I can say this pretty much sucks. Prior to the cease-fire things had gotten pretty troublesome. I usually visit every summer and it is incredibly disgusting the levels they will go to. They have actually buried bombs on crowded beaches.</p><p>I will, however, say this about ETA. Their intention is usually not to harm the largest number of people possible as is the case with Middle- Eastern terrorism, but simply to garner attention to their cause. Thus the phone calls in advance.</p>

[Kevin]

Davios.... Whats the back story of all of this? What are they fighting for?? Is it governmental or a cause?

[furie]

<strong>Kevin</strong> wrote:<br>Davios.... Whats the back story of all of this? What are they fighting for?? Is it governmental or a cause?<p></p>

they are an ethnic minority in Spain (and a portion of France) that see their own state.

[Kevin]

<strong>furie</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Kevin</strong> wrote:<br />Davios.... Whats the back story of all of this? What are they fighting for?? Is it governmental or a cause?<p>&nbsp;</p> they are an ethnic minority in Spain (and a portion of France) that see their own state.<p>&nbsp;Ohh ok. Thanks Furie.</p>

[furie]

obviously, that should have been seek, not see. but i'll leave my typo out for all the world to see.

[Zorro]

<font size="2">They learned from the Madrd bombings that a terrorist act causes the people to capitulate. Shortly after the original bombings the Leftist govt was elected</font>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Zorro on 12-31-06 @ 12:50 AM</span>

[Davios]

<strong>Zorro</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">They learned from the Madrd bombings that a terrorist act causes the people to capitulate. Shortly after the original bombings the Leftist govt was elected</font> <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Zorro on 12-31-06 @ 12:50 AM</span> <p>That's not true. This has been going on since I was born, it really isn't anything new. There was a ceasefire declared not long ago so in that sense it is very important, but there is no correlation to the bombings in Madrid or Zapatero the new Prime Minister of Spain.</p><p>As was mentioned earlier, ETA is basically a Basque seperatist organization which is looking to become an independant nation from Spain. The Basque region is in the South of Spain, they travel regularly in and out of France in&nbsp;order to evade authorities. It is incredibly complicated situation, they have their own dialect of Spanish which essentially gives them their own language, and they have their own culture which they feel seperates them from the rest of Spain. It is a feeling which does not JUST exist in the Basque territory. There is also a region right above Portugal called Galicia, which also has its own language which is more or less a mixture of Portuguese and Spanish. They don't have any organizations dedicated to seperating themselves from Spain but the feelings are also their in alot of ways. When the Prestige tanker had an oil spill it was entirely in Galicia. This is an area where a LARGE majority of people live off the sea, everything from work to food is to a great deal dependant on it. Following the spill, a large segment of people harbored incredible ill will towards the rest of Spain because they felt like their own home suffered at the expense of the rest of the country. </p><p>&nbsp;Galicia is nothing like the Basque region however. ETA has done some pretty gruesome things from the murder of police officers, to&nbsp;politicans, to judges, to journalists. I believe I was there in the summer of 2000 when they kidnapped a reporter and held him hostage and tortured him all summer. They would release snippets of video to the news stations including at one point when they cut off his ear. They eventually killed the guy. They are quite simply vile and disgusting human beings.</p>

[DJEvelEd]

How come&nbsp;my high school bomb scares were all fake?

[HBox]

<strong>Zorro</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">They learned from the Madrd bombings that a terrorist act causes the people to capitulate. Shortly after the original bombings the Leftist govt was elected</font> <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Zorro on 12-31-06 @ 12:50 AM</span><p>Or the government at the time tried to blame ETA for that attack so they could gain politically from the bombing, and when it was found out that was not the case and the government might have purposely mislead them, the voters turned on them.</p>

[Davios]

<strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Zorro</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">They learned from the Madrd bombings that a terrorist act causes the people to capitulate. Shortly after the original bombings the Leftist govt was elected</font> <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Zorro on 12-31-06 @ 12:50 AM</span> <p><font color="#000080"><font size="2">Or the government at the time tried to blame ETA for that attack so they could gain politically from the bombing, and when it was found out that was not the case and the government might have purposely mislead them, the voters turned on them.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That is actually in a nutshell what did occur. However, if the bombings in Madrid had never even occured the elections would have gone the same way. All of Spain was against any involvement in Iraq and when Aznar actually involved Spain in the plans any support he had quickly faded.</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br />damn basques, hopefully they aren't basking with pleasure <p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">What a bunch of Basquet cases.</font></strong></p>

[WRESTLINGFAN]

<strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br />damn basques, hopefully they aren't basking with pleasure <p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">What a bunch of Basquet cases.</font></strong></p><p>Lets hope none of the Basque-in Robins dont get bombed</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>WRESTLINGFAN</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br />damn basques, hopefully they aren't basking with pleasure <p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">What a bunch of Basquet cases.</font></strong></p><p>Lets hope none of the Basque-in Robins dont get bombed</p><p>i heard Hounds Of the Basquervilles is good reading...</p>

[angelinad128]

<strong>reeshy</strong> wrote:<br />Pray for those who were hurt and killed....and kill those that caused this,,,,very slowly!!!!! Amen!!!! <p>I have to agree. Enough of this shit!</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>WRESTLINGFAN</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br />damn basques, hopefully they aren't basking with pleasure <p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">What a bunch of Basquet cases.</font></strong></p><p>Lets hope none of the Basque-in Robins dont get bombed</p><p>i heard Hounds Of the Basquervilles is good reading...</p><p>Basquiat has somehow risen from the dead and is going to spraypaint a bohemian-zombie tribute to the victims.</p>

[WRESTLINGFAN]

<p>Can you call someone from Basking Ridge, NJ a Bask?</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>i wonder if basques use bisquick...</p>