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| Madrid bombs don’t match ETA MO - Europol head | |
| 2004-03-11 | |
The simultaneous bomb blasts that ripped through commuter trains in Madrid on Thursday did not bear the hallmarks of Basque separatist group ETA, the head of the European Union’s police agency said. "It could have been ETA... But we’re dealing with an attack that doesn’t correspond to the ’modus operandi’ they have adopted up to now," said Europol director Juergen Storbeck, who was in Rome to talk to an Italian parliamentary committee. "In the past ETA has always attacked individuals, and if they saw any danger for the public they gave a warning... It’s not yet clear they were the authors," Italian news agency Ansa quoted him as saying. Despite Spain’s recent successes against ETA, "there could still be other cells that have not been brought under control and could have become more extremist," he said.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #4 Or, there could be an alliance of convenience between multiple groups. What is clear (to me at least) is that all of these groups pose a serious threat to civilized life. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-3-11 6:44:24 PM |
| #3 Not so fast. ETA was caught (by a tipoff I think) attempting the same thing last December - multiple bombs in commuter train baggage compartments. If that had gone through we would have been saying all this three months ago. There was also the half-ton of explosives intercepted last month. ETA had never played with so much explosive before. Someone in ETA could well have decided to play by different rules. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-3-11 6:30:07 PM |
| #2 DD is too fast! Well covered here and at Regnum Crucis. Many thanks. |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-3-11 4:58:14 PM |
| #1 Agreed. Al-Queda claimed responcibility in a newspaper today and described the targets as trains. The newspapers are still writing about the ETA...rantburg is just too fast! |
| Posted by: CobraCommander 2004-3-11 4:44:41 PM |