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...violence lived. Last week the U.S. and Australia told their citizens to avoid the Thai south, and Britain issued a warning about the country as a whole. And as terror attacks metastasize across the globe, many are worried that an Asian capital may be next?particularly given that the Madrid train attack prompted the new Spanish government to pledge to withdraw its troops from Iraq. South Korea has beefed up security on its trains, planes and other public transport, while Thailand has done the same at Bangkok airport, foreign embassies and so-called soft targets such as the tourist resorts...
...Perhaps Americans can learn from the Spanish people. Barely two days after the devastating train bombings in Madrid, Spaniards took to the streets demanding more information from their government and accusing it of not being forthcoming. They demonstrated that they have no tolerance for the loss of Spanish lives that resulted from their government's policies. But after the devastating attacks of 9/11 and the deaths of hundreds of service members in Iraq, Americans are reluctant to question their government about the validity of the war in Iraq and about how 9/11 could have been prevented. Anyone who expresses doubt...
...Your coverage of the commuter-train bombings in Madrid accurately summed up what happened and its consequences [March 22]. It is still shocking to think about the horror. Some people hold Prime Minister José María Aznar responsible for the attacks and view them as retaliation for his decision to join the U.S. in the war against Saddam Hussein. But many Spaniards do not blame Aznar. Can people really believe terrorists attack only "guilty" nations and leave "innocent" countries alone? Do the victims deserve to die because of what their country has done in Iraq? We must stand...
...Unhappy Anniversary One year after the invasion of Iraq, the world doesn't seem a safer place at all [March 22]. The bombings in Madrid show that al-Qaeda is more organized than ever, and the murderous attacks by terrorists all over the globe show that they are everywhere. Whether Americans were told the truth about Iraq from the get-go is something for the investigative commissions to decide, but it is horrifying that the deaths of thousands of innocent Iraqis and hundreds of coalition troops have served only to increase the threat of global terrorism. When will...
...screen even a year ago, but he appears to have linked up with remnants of an alleged al-Qaeda cell in Spain, most of whose members, mainly Syrians, were arrested in November 2001. Among them was Jamal Zougam, a Moroccan who was one of the the first arrested in Madrid for the train bombings. After they picked him up, police found a note in his apartment bearing the cell-phone number of another Moroccan who had long been on their wanted list: Amer Azizi, a veteran of the Bosnian and Afghan wars in the 1990s, who is suspected of helping...