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...warned the United States should be prepared for more terrorist attacks, suggesting that like last month’s Madrid bombings, al Qaeda may strike before the presidential elections. Many believe that the terrorist attacks in Spain were a ploy to sway federal elections...
...After Madrid, Who's Next? The bombs of March 11 rocked Spain to its core [March 29], and we are all suffering and asking why. The day after the attack, 11.5 million people across this nation took to the streets in solidarity to demonstrate against terrorism. The time has come for a comprehensive and centralized global counterterrorism organization. Existing agencies, such as Europol (European Police Office), have often proved ineffective, and police officials have preferred to contact one another personally instead of using a centralized institution. The warmhearted and hardworking Spanish people will surely endure, but as in New York...
...days after the terrible massacre in Madrid, the Spanish people showed great unity, courage and maturity. The demonstrations all across Spain told the world that peace and justice will never be beaten by terrorism. It was the Spanish government's failure to provide truthful information about the bombs that gave rise to the greatest confusion. The government's disinformation was a major cause of the defeat of Aznar and his party. First among all the causes that provoked the vote against Aznar, however, was his arrogance in defying the will of his people, who did not want to get involved...
...once in my life, I felt an enormous solidarity with Spain. We Portuguese have nurtured antagonism toward our neighbor for several centuries. But on March 11, I suffered along with the people of Madrid, feeling like a citizen of the Iberian Peninsula rather than of a country that split from Spain in 1143. Still, I cannot understand how the Spanish people could allow their election to be manipulated by terrorists. The Spaniards have taught us some brave lessons about dealing with ETA terrorists. Though the probability of being killed on the roads of Portugal is thousands of times greater than...
...once in my life, I felt an enormous solidarity with Spain. We Portuguese have nurtured antagonism toward our neighbor for several centuries. But on March 11, I suffered along with the people of Madrid, feeling like a citizen of the Iberian Peninsula rather than of a country that split from Spain in 1143. Still, I cannot understand how the Spanish people could allow their election to be manipulated by terrorists. The Spaniards have taught us some brave lessons about dealing with ETA terrorists. Though the probability of being killed on the roads of Portugal is thousands of times greater than...