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2004-03-18 Europe

Spain fears bad blood with Morocco may have caused intel lapse

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-18 12:48:27 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Boy, these Spanish queso-eating surrender monkeys don't waste any time!
Looks like that bug-eyed vampire Zapatero can't wait to "make peace" with Morocco, too!
Would you like Gibraltar, por favor?
I'm sure Britain won't mind!

Posted by Jen 2004-3-18 1:54:07 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-3-18 1:54:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Now, about that bad blood with US intel...

Posted by someone 2004-3-18 2:25:36 AM|| 2004-3-18 2:25:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 They bickered over illegal immigration, fishing rights and drug trafficking. ..Some Spaniards are convinced that the Madrid attacks were based not only on the war in Iraq but on Islamâs historic claim to Spain

Won't be a problem with Zappy in power, since he intends to do nothing to interfere with the any of these problems. ?Queso, seniors?

Posted by B 2004-3-18 9:25:57 AM|| 2004-3-18 9:25:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Spain fears bad blood with Morocco may have caused intel lapse

Try this on for size, in the first days after 9/11: "US fears bad blood with Afghanistan may have caused intel lapse". The fact is that if Morocco knew about the plot, it was the Moroccan government's responsibility to inform Spain. It works like this - if someone knows that a murder is about to occur, he needs to inform the police that it is about to happen, before it happens - otherwise, he is criminally liable. This talk about bad blood is just another way of saying that Morocco passively conspired with the terrorists in order to put pressure on Spain over their territorial disputes. Will Zapatero cede Spanish territory to get this "cooperation"? Worse, was this an operation mounted by Moroccan intelligence, using al Qaeda's fingerprints?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-3-18 9:57:53 AM|| 2004-3-18 9:57:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 it aint so! dean sez so...it was BUSH and iraq....the dem's sez so..this is pure propaganda...the muslims are peace loving and have to claims to any territory...it's all a lie...AND BUSH STOLE THE ELECTION SO IT HIS FAULT!

Posted by Dan 2004-3-18 12:33:12 PM|| 2004-3-18 12:33:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Zhang Fei - from the "Zougam's been watched for some time article" above, ""Morocco informed the Spanish that he went to Spain and that he was a quite dangerous person," a Moroccan official in Rabat said Tuesday evening. "There was no evidence against him in Morocco, but they asked Spain to investigate him." " If thats true it looks like its the Spanish who dropped the ball on this.

Posted by Dakotah 2004-3-18 12:40:41 PM|| 2004-3-18 12:40:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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