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84. Yep. They have already been labeled "Muslim extremists"
Edited on Sun Mar-14-04 10:40 AM by fedsron2us
on this thread although so far all we really know is that three of them are Moroccans who the Spanish authorities have described as having criminal records. This latter fact makes me think they might be involved in the racket of stealing mobile phones and replacing the SIM cards. This is a very common and very lucrative crime in Europe. Whoever carried out the attacks in Madrid was hardly likely to use their own telephone. Nor would they have gone to the risk and expense of stealing and cloning the equipment themselves. They would have probably have purchased hot mobiles on the black market.

The unhappy experience here in the UK with the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six has made me very wary of quick arrests after terror attacks. They rarely turn out to be the perpetrators of the crime
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  -CNN TV Breaking: 5 Arabs detained in Spain Bleachers7  Mar-13-04 01:14 PM   #0 
  - Yahoo too...  sweet_scotia   Mar-13-04 01:16 PM   # 
  - Got them quick, huh? Just in time for the elections...Black Op n/t  TruthIsAll   Mar-14-04 08:37 AM   #80 
     - Yep. They have already been labeled "Muslim extremists"  fedsron2us   Mar-14-04 10:34 AM   #84 
  - Oops... n/t  sweet_scotia   Mar-13-04 01:16 PM   # 
  - MSNBC front page breaking....  sweet_scotia   Mar-13-04 01:16 PM   #1 
  - Sky tv UK says will damage Aznar's party in election...  DeepModem Mom   Mar-13-04 01:18 PM   #2 
  - Unfortunately...  stldemocrat   Mar-13-04 02:15 PM   #18 
     - Of course Bush's invasion caused this!  Chicago Democrat   Mar-13-04 09:31 PM   #62 
     - And well they should  0rganism   Mar-13-04 10:06 PM   #64 
  - MSRNC reporting 3 are Moroccans  Melinda   Mar-13-04 01:19 PM   #3 
  - This is strange from the BBC  Florida_Geek   Mar-13-04 01:37 PM   #4 
     - Hindu? WTF?  Melinda   Mar-13-04 01:44 PM   #6 
     - BBC has now removed "Hindu" from their report  muriel_volestrangler   Mar-13-04 01:49 PM   #7 
     - Probably meant Indian  mobuto   Mar-13-04 01:54 PM   #9 
     - CNN just said "2 Hindu's of Spanish origin".  Melinda   Mar-13-04 01:54 PM   #11 
     - Many Spanish speakers...  varun   Mar-13-04 01:56 PM   #12 
        - Pakistani?  EX-CONservative   Mar-13-04 03:45 PM   #36 
           - Most likely they are...  varun   Mar-14-04 08:32 AM   #79 
              - I object.  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 03:36 PM   #93 
                 - I agree...  varun   Mar-14-04 04:32 PM   #95 
     - Yes, India's experiencing its own sort of facism right now.  AP   Mar-13-04 05:06 PM   #52 
     - Sure, and the day the wackos bombed the WTC, all Jews stayed home, right?  Lost in GA   Mar-13-04 06:44 PM   #54 
     - Maybe that was the public relations deal to deescalate tensions...  AP   Mar-13-04 10:45 PM   #66 
     - What's your agenda? An apologist for military, Islamic dictatorships?  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 01:04 AM   #69 
        - Pakistani gang rapists told age, culture no defence  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 01:21 AM   #71 
        - Brother, don't waste your time.  Character Assassin   Mar-14-04 02:42 AM   #72 
        - have to try..my wife is Kashmiri; despises the wingnut beards of Pak  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 04:56 AM   #73 
        - Well, at least we know your biases.  AP   Mar-14-04 06:47 AM   #77 
           - Damn right. Pakistan is not the voice of Indian Muslims or of Kashmiris.  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 02:22 PM   #87 
        - Do you have anything to add to this?  AP   Mar-14-04 06:47 AM   #78 
        - Man, you seem to have an axe to grind.  AP   Mar-14-04 06:45 AM   #76 
           - AP, let me help you here..  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 02:43 PM   #88 
     - Re: they either showd up or they didn't  mallard   Mar-14-04 11:18 AM   #86 
     - so maybe the Spaniards...  varun   Mar-13-04 09:23 PM   #61 
        - This is definitely a part of a powerplay between two VERY powerful  AP   Mar-13-04 10:46 PM   #67 
           - The real rogue is a fanatical Pakistan. Bernard Levy,The Economist,  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 01:14 AM   #70 
           - Not sure I trust the neoliberal times and economist on this issue.  AP   Mar-14-04 06:42 AM   #75 
              - You ignored the Kashmir Times quote..not used to a free press?  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 02:58 PM   #89 
              - The article is by Tarique Niazi, a progressive Pakistani Muslim  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 03:13 PM   #90 
           - "The most dangerous place of all is Pakistan" Omar Sharif  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 03:21 PM   #92 
           - There is hope..friendship and peace: Imran Khan, PAKISTAN's Superstar  Lost in GA   Mar-14-04 04:18 PM   #94 
     - Re: make of this  mallard   Mar-14-04 10:50 AM   #85 
     - Morrocan connection:  bemildred   Mar-13-04 01:54 PM   #10 
  - This could blow up in Bush's face  BabsSong   Mar-13-04 01:39 PM   #5 
  - Explains why Bushco was pushing to blame ETA. I wondered about  54anickel   Mar-13-04 01:49 PM   #8 
  - that's what I noticed too...  varun   Mar-13-04 02:10 PM   #16 
     - ETA and Al Qaeda  EX-CONservative   Mar-13-04 03:49 PM   #39 
     - Fox is pushing the AlQueda connection  Must_B_Free   Mar-13-04 04:35 PM   #47 
        - Al Qaeda connection means Iraq war support hurt Spain  July   Mar-13-04 06:53 PM   #57 
     - I agree with your assessment, and note,...  Just Me   Mar-13-04 04:07 PM   #44 
  - Iraq/al Qaeda  stldemocrat   Mar-13-04 02:19 PM   #21 
  - But isn't there now? Didn't Iraq become a magnet for all sorts of  54anickel   Mar-13-04 03:32 PM   #34 
     - I agree with you.  stldemocrat   Mar-13-04 03:48 PM   #38 
  - I think the opposite  bushwakker   Mar-13-04 02:19 PM   #22 
  - bingo  stldemocrat   Mar-13-04 02:31 PM   #23 
  - I vehemently disagree  Melinda   Mar-13-04 02:39 PM   #26 
  - I think...  stldemocrat   Mar-13-04 03:56 PM   #41 
  - Heh, the "simplistic types"  catzies   Mar-13-04 04:46 PM   #49 
  - Indubitably  stldemocrat   Mar-13-04 04:50 PM   #50 
  - I already heard one GOP ex mil type on Fox say  bushwakker   Mar-13-04 07:23 PM   #60 
  - That is an argument Kerry will have to make tomorrow  bushwakker   Mar-13-04 07:20 PM   #59 
  - I think you completely underestimate people's common sense. *eom*  Just Me   Mar-13-04 04:11 PM   #45 
     - I have no clue...  stldemocrat   Mar-13-04 04:30 PM   #46 
  - They Were ABSOLUTELY Pushing ETA For Political Gain  K8-EEE   Mar-13-04 03:55 PM   #40 
  - What does the Iraq war have to do with this bombing?  CerealMurderer   Mar-13-04 06:49 PM   #55 
  - If they are Al Queda and if they received training/$/support from OBL  jpak   Mar-13-04 01:57 PM   #13 
  - I believe the thinking is that Bush ratcheted up the  July   Mar-13-04 06:56 PM   #58 
  - Since when are Moroccans and Indians considered "Arabs"???  TahitiNut   Mar-13-04 01:59 PM   #14 
  - In Spain, they're all  mobuto   Mar-13-04 02:06 PM   #15 
  - Either that, or gitanos, guiris, gabachos, or gringos  NV1962   Mar-13-04 06:43 PM   #53 
  - well, most Moroccans do speak arabic...  ithacan   Mar-13-04 02:12 PM   #17 
  - Morocco is also a member of the Arab League  mobuto   Mar-13-04 02:17 PM   #19 
  - I see. So, we're all Englishmen here.  TahitiNut   Mar-13-04 02:35 PM   #24 
  - That came from CNN  Bleachers7   Mar-13-04 02:40 PM   #27 
     - Yup. Saw it. Never said otherwise.  TahitiNut   Mar-13-04 02:58 PM   #31 
  - So, after spain...  tjwash   Mar-13-04 02:17 PM   #20 
  - I fear a backlash against the Arab community in Spain  Flagg   Mar-13-04 02:37 PM   #25 
  - That's conveeenient....  monobrau   Mar-13-04 02:42 PM   #28 
  - actually it's not  Kellanved   Mar-13-04 03:11 PM   #33 
  - Arabs! Arabs!! Let's bomb Afghanistan...or Iraq...or Syria...or Iran!!  leesa   Mar-13-04 02:44 PM   #29 
  - Persian  stldemocrat   Mar-13-04 04:03 PM   #43 
  - Why didn't they attack Iraq?  Mr_Lefty   Mar-13-04 02:44 PM   #30 
  - I'd bomb Belize  tkmorris   Mar-13-04 02:59 PM   #32 
     - No... the diving is too good there.  TahitiNut   Mar-13-04 05:01 PM   #51 
        - Wait to bomb  stanwyck   Mar-13-04 10:33 PM   #65 
  - Shades of Richard Jewell?  EX-CONservative   Mar-13-04 03:41 PM   # 
  - Shades of Richard Jewell?  EX-CONservative   Mar-13-04 03:41 PM   #35 
  - With an election days away  Minstrel Boy   Mar-13-04 03:46 PM   #37 
  - Bottom line: extremist activity cannot justify a perpetual war against,...  Just Me   Mar-13-04 04:01 PM   #42 
  - Not so Fast--this is how the Repugs will spin it. . .  scmirage   Mar-13-04 04:42 PM   #48 
  - Aznar at least came clean *before* the elections  NV1962   Mar-13-04 06:50 PM   #56 
  - Aznar is toast in today's election  JCMach1   Mar-13-04 09:57 PM   #63 
  - I hope Zapatero is the next PM...  NV1962   Mar-13-04 11:08 PM   #68 
  - The detained in Spain ride mainly on a plane  BullGooseLoony   Mar-14-04 06:37 AM   #74 
  - They aren't ARABS, they're MOROCCANS and SPANISH...  radwriter0555   Mar-14-04 09:18 AM   #81 
     - Moroccan Berbers reject Arab identity  4dsc   Mar-14-04 09:24 AM   #82 
     - Not quite true...  TorchesAndPitchforks   Mar-14-04 09:32 AM   #83 
     - I know that now,.  Bleachers7   Mar-14-04 03:19 PM   #91 
 

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