5 Madrid Suspects Arrested...Mar 16, 12:03 PM EST

[tlcandie]

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPAIN_BOMBINGS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME

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European Commission President Romano Prodi echoed those remarks in an interview published in Italy's La Stampa newspaper Monday, saying the U.S. approach to the war on terrorism had failed.

"On Saturday, it will be a year since the start of the war in Iraq and the terrorist threat is today infinitely more powerful than before," he said. "But Europe applies different instruments, suited to help our citizens leave fear behind: using politics and not just force, which has created further fear."

Police also said Tuesday they have detained an Algerian who allegedly talked about a terrorist attack in Madrid two months before it happened. Ali Amrous was picked up Monday in the Basque city of San Sebastian to learn if he had advance knowledge of Thursday's terrorist attacks in Madrid, police told the AP.
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[demdave]

1. Why would there not be bombings demanding the release of the suspects?

[fedsron2us]

2. Interesting, the French investigator who has tied Zougami

to the Morroccan Islamic groups appears to be no other than Jean Charles Brisard co-author of the 'Forbidden Truth' one of the orginal 9/11 conspiracy stories

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20040316/ap_on_re_eu/spain_bombings_45

He has been fingered as having possible black ops connections.

http://theunjustmedia.com/Al-Qaeda/There's%20something%20about%20omar%20truth%20lies%20and%20the%20legend%20of%209-11.htm