Spanish Terror Sting Foils Planned Attack
Judge In Barcelona Determines That Islamic Militant Cell Had Suicide Bomb Plans
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Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba speaks during a press conference in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 19, 2008. Fourteen suspected Islamic militants arrested in Spain on Saturday may have been planning a terrorist action in Barcelona, the interior minister said. (AP Photo/EFE, J.C. Hidalgo)
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Photo Essay Madrid Train Bombings A string of powerful explosions rocked three Madrid train stations, killing scores of rush-hour commuters.
Judge Ismael Moreno, of the National Court, made the announcement after questioning the 12 suspects for seven hours.
He said the attacks had been planned for last weekend. Fourteen suspects were arrested Saturday although two were released by Spanish authorities on Tuesday.
The judge said that of the 10 people he is ordering kept in custody, three were planning to stage a suicide attack. The role of the others was not clear.
Spanish authorities have said of the original 14, 12 were Pakistanis and two Indians but it was not known Wednesday night which four have been released nor the nationality of those sent to jail.
The judge identified the three alleged suicide bombers as Mohamed Shoaib, Mehmooh Khalib and Imran Cheema. He said they had arrived in Barcelona from Pakistan some time between October and mid-January. The judge said it was common for suicide attackers to arrive at their targeted site shortly before a planned attack.
The government has said that police seized bomb-making materials and timers in raids on five homes Saturday and that the attack was in an advanced stage of preparation.
Moreno did not specify what part of Barcelona's public transport network was being targeted.
Europe's worst Islamic-linked terror attack took place in Madrid on March 11, 2004, when bombs went off in four trains, killing 191 people and injuring more than 1,800. Late last year 21 of 28 suspects who went on trial were convicted of terrorism and other charges in connection with the bombings.
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- Muslim extremists kill innocents intentionally yet people like FeelFree1 thinks its just an imaginary or minor problem....
downseamjim- Feelfree1 is a muslim - Reply to this comment
- Didn''t the Spanish government make a truce with the terrorists when they withdrew their troops from Iraq? You remember right? When the terrorists were actually able to control the Spanish election by blowing up trains in Madrid causing Anzar to be defeated by the socialist pu$$y Zapatero, who used the train bombings as an excuse to get out of Iraq?
I''m shocked that terrorists would go back on their word and attempt more train bombings, aren''t you?? Seeing how spineless liberals in both Spain and the U.S. are adamant that "ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TALK AND NEGOTIATE WITH THESE PEOPLE" Looks like it worked great in Spain. - Reply to this comment
- looking for a young wife???
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5541006 - Reply to this comment
- Dutch Braced For ''Koran Insult'' Backlash
If I insult you, am I responsible for your violence?
It''s a question being debated in the Netherlands this week as Dutch embassies around the world beef up their security ahead of the release of a film on the internet which allegedly insults the Koran. It''s reported to show the Koran being torn up and otherwise desecrated.
http://martinstanford.typepad.com/foreign_matters/2008/01/dutch-braced-fo.html - Reply to this comment
- IS ISLAM RETARDED???
I TOLD YOU THEY WERE FASCIST NAZIS
Dutch Politician: Islamic Culture Is ''Retarded''
Dutch Politician Plans to Air Film Criticizing the Koran
A Dutch politician known for his views against Islam plans to air a film he produced that is critical of the Koran, which he likens to Adolf Hitler''s hateful writings.
Parliamentarian Geert Wilders spoke to FOX News about the documentary, insisting the Muslim holy book is dangerous and should be banned.
"I believe the Koran is, indeed, ''Mein Kampf.'' They are the same package," Wilders said. "I believe that our culture is far better than the retarded Islamic culture."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325305,00.html - Reply to this comment
- Dey gonna git us!
Da sceery funny talkin'''' brown people gonna'''' CUT YO HEAD OFF!
BOO!
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Posted by FeelFree1 at 09:24 PM : Jan 23, 2008
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yes..beheading is what they do. and yes they will not hesitate to seperate your head from your body even after the fact that you are a terrorit bit ch. - Reply to this comment
- So you don''''t need to invade a random Muslim country and waste trillions of dollars and thousands of lives to stop terrorists. Who knew? Certainly not Bu$h and his koolaid drinking followers.
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Posted by micma at 01:44 AM : Jan 24, 2008
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and I am sure that they pretty much ''violated'' thier rights with spying and moles..what do you think?? think just landed on thier laps?? you are either naive and stupid. Be honest with yourself, if this was done here and was operated by an american agency...you would be up in arms. - Reply to this comment
- ps- this article is about Spain. President Hugo Chavez is in Venezuela, which is in South America, not Europe. Please try to stay on topic. Thanks.)
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Posted by FeelFree1 at 12:03 AM : Jan 24, 2008
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you are so full of sh*t...you of all people..the one who can somewhat connect and blame bush for everything even as far down as your flatulence problem..YOU should work as al franken''s script writer.. - Reply to this comment
- Muslim extremists kill innocents intentionally yet people like FeelFree1 thinks its just an imaginary or minor problem. Of course in the 1960''s white terroists killed innocents in churches in the South. I guess you feel that was okay too.
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- Bin Laden himself could fill Feely''s and POWs house full of explosives and they would deny that it was him, and say that it was a CIA plot.
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So you don''t need to invade a random Muslim country and waste trillions of dollars and thousands of lives to stop terrorists. Who knew? Certainly not Bu$h and his koolaid drinking followers.- Reply to this comment
speakinup,
You appear to be very frustrated.
Take a couple of deep breaths, and try not to swallow your tongue, champ.
(ps- this article is about Spain. President Hugo Chavez is in Venezuela, which is in South America, not Europe. Please try to stay on topic. Thanks.)- Reply to this comment
- "Are you guys really still hungry, after gobbling up 935 known lies?
"You three bring gullibility to a whole new level.
Posted by FeelFree1
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look who is calling folks GUILIBLE!!!!!!!!!!
FIRST OFF D|CKWEED, the article never used the word "lie" - that would be YOUR SPIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second - do you know the difference betwen the word "non-profit" and "unbias" - clue, they have NOTHING to do with each other. Hitler''s Germany was technically a non-profit organization, as he didn''t make it five years.
THIRD - SOROS was the pieceofsh|t that financed the ''non-profit'' journalists. IF you think the article was unbias - you are GULLIBLE!!!!!!!
Fourth - Why didn''t the article mention Hillary and Bill, who BOTH, on separate occassions said the very same ''lies'' as you put it, about Saddam having WMD.
So grow a fuggin brain.
SOCIALIST! SOCIALIST ?!? We don''t need no FUGGING SOCIALIST!!! - Reply to this comment
- "I there anything that you guys are NOT scared of? Anything at all? Posted by FeelFree1
You, socialist. We ain''t afraid of no hugo chavez lovin socialist.
Socialist ? Socialist ?!? We don''t need no stinkin SOCIALIST!!!!! - Reply to this comment
Dey gonna git us!
Da sceery funny talkin'' brown people gonna'' CUT YO HEAD OFF!
BOO!- Reply to this comment
- Posted by FeelFree1 - doesn''t quite get it. No fear here - knowing one''s enemy and his intentions is mandatory for winning the strife.
Islamofascisme will be defeated, fade and die out as will religious bigotry and ignorance of all walks. - Reply to this comment
Re: "Anyone wondering why Spain? These islamofascists dream of reinstating the caliphates of pre yr. 1400."
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Yet another delusional, pants-filling clown joins the circus.
I there anything that you guys are NOT scared of? Anything at all?- Reply to this comment
- Anyone wondering why Spain? These islamofascists dream of reinstating the caliphates of pre yr. 1400. Preferably under one supercaliphate eventually including the entire world - with a caliph (dictator) of the same caliber as Osama bin Laden-with-sh*t, ruled according to strict yr. 640 sharia law.
After reclaiming Spain - then onward ho to Portugal, France, Italy, the UK.....
"California" is derived from the Caliph of Orania. - Reply to this comment
secundus2,
Re: "What imbeciless the Spanish government were to trust the jihadists'' promise not to attack Spain..."
The imbeciles appear to be the folks that think that this article is about an attack, when there was no attack, and there was never going to be any attack, because this was a government orchestrated sting.
Are you guys really still hungry, after gobbling up 935 known lies?
You three bring gullibility to a whole new level.- Reply to this comment
- What imbeciless the Spanish government were to trust the jihadists'' promise not to attack Spain, if only the Spanish took their troops out of the ME. To whom will they now appeal that the terrorists have not kept their pledge? The leadership of al Qaida?
Nobody deserves to be attacked by terrorists, but the Europeans have brought much of this on themselves --the result of their long colonialist exploitations of Africans and Asians and their current lack of fortitude in facing Islamic extremists. Spanish insistence on keeping control over Ceuta and Melilla will always give terrorists a pretext for jihad, and Spain has to face ETA at the same time. - Reply to this comment




