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...very personal reaction because it is an area I know really well and that I passed through every single day,” Gonick said. “I really know that train station, and I can’t imagine being in that train station in an emergency...
Those contacted described having visceral reactions upon hearing about the bombing, recalling their own experiences with Spanish train stations...
Atocha, which was one of the primary bombing targets, is Madrid’s largest and most important train station...
...Atlantic are already focused on one question: Where next? Italy, France, Australia, Japan and others are tightening up security procedures; the New York City Police Department, mindful of the vulnerability of the city's mass transit system, has sent experts to Madrid to study the mechanics of the train bombings that killed more than 200 commuters there. "Attack on London is Inevitable," screamed one British headline on Wednesday, quoting British security officials...
...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...