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...crimes, including alleged mastermind Rabei Osman. The ruling put to rest a long-festering accusation lodged by conservatives that the Basque separatist group ETA, not Islamic terrorists, was behind the attacks that killed 191 people and injured nearly 2,000 more. But it raised many questions about Spain's ability to prosecute terrorism cases now that Islamic terrorists are as much a threat as members...
Fernando Reinares, director of the Program on Global Terrorism at Spain's Elcano Royal Institute, says he didn't expect the outcome. "The police and judicial investigations had gathered abundant evidence to condemn some of those, like Osman and [Hassan] el Haski, who were not convicted or who received light sentences," he says...
Spanish security forces have greatly reformed themselves in the past three years--increasing staffing and reorganizing in order to connect the disparate dots of jihadist conspiracies. Spain's judges would do well to learn those lessons...
...Here, in Spain, I grumble every time that I have to use energy. A load of laundry costs $3, and the dryers are so ineffective that I hang even my delicates out the window to air-dry. Hot water lasts five minutes—many nights, I rinse out shampoo with cold water. My friends in home-stays tell me that if they leave their lights on for even a few minutes when they’re not in a room, their home-stay mothers yell at them. It’s really annoying, but it’s also...
Justine R. Lescroart ’09 is an English and American literature and language concentrator in Quincy House, and is currently studying abroad in Granada, Spain. Her column appears on alternate Wednesdays...