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...heartwarming, global response to the terrorist attacks in Madrid is reminiscent of the worldwide outpouring of sympathy in the weeks following Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, the controversy over American engagement in Iraq has stimulated deep divisions in the international community. For too long, these divisions have overshadowed the broader tasks at hand and the reality that all nations remain vulnerable. Devastating terrorist attacks have occurred not only on American soil, but also in Bali, in Istanbul and now in Spain as well. The great question of how to stop global terrorism is still unanswered...
...militant Basque separatists as initially reported—brought little clarity, just more confusion to a world already bewildered and tense. Top American officials yesterday insisted that the latest attacks would not shake Europe’s resolve. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said on television that the Madrid attacks mean anti-terror efforts ought to intensify, not diminish: “There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody’s immune.” Still, many protestors have blamed the attack on the government’s support of the Iraq occupation...
Families in Madrid have begun the task of mourning the loss of their loved ones in Thursday’s senseless violence. We are reminded that each of the victims was somebody’s mother, father, spouse or child; in the words of one Spanish banner, “we were all on that train...
...Friday. With arms outstretched and palms facing upwards, they declared in no uncertain terms that the violence must stop. In the midst of our grief for what happened, our most sincere hope extends out to the prospect that this violence will end. We are with the people of Madrid in these hours, as they bury their dead and grieve. And we look ahead at the difficult struggle that remains...
...Socialist Party's dramatic upset victory in Spain's election on Sunday may be counted by al-Qaeda as its first success in the business of regime-change. It's certainly true that before last Thursday's horrific train bombings in Madrid that killed 201 people and wounded more than 1,000, the conservative Popular Party - whose outgoing leader, Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar had been the Bush administration's closest Iraq-war ally in Europe - had looked set to coast home by a 5 to 8 percent margin. But once it became clear that bombers came from al-Qaeda...