| Mr Coolest Cat 11.03.2004 07:41 |
A number of bombs exploded on trains in Spain this morning killing at least 170. |
| Bob The Shrek 11.03.2004 08:03 |
Just watching it on tv now - over 400 injuries too. ETA have condemned the attacks and said they are not responsible - have to wait and see on that one. |
| Hitman 11.03.2004 08:32 |
it's disgusting how men can be cruel and fool. :( |
| Josuè 11.03.2004 09:44 |
We are all here with tears on our eyes. ETA's been killing people for more than 25 years, and this has been the most huge and terrible terrorist attack of Spain and Europ. 173 deaths and 600 injureds, but the numbers are increasing. The succes has happended 3 days before the general elections for president, ETA wanted to break the peace. ETA is a terrorist organisation from the Basque Country (a nation in the north of Spain) and they want the Basque Country to be independent from Spain and a real country. The fact is that there's a lot of people who also want to be independent from Spain, whether they are from Basque Country or Catalonia (another nation that wants to be independent by a lot of people, as me). But the difference is that WE, pacifist people, want to be independent trhoughtout the democracy, no-violence, tolreance and common sense. Thats what ETA does not share. They are barbars, they are inhumans, they have no name. I have no words to explain how do we feel about that. I'm glad there's people who cares about this thing outside spain and I thank you to post this here. |
| Josuè 11.03.2004 09:47 |
And I have to add. There's a chance that this attack wasn't done by ETA, but it is the most likely. What comes to my mind, is the attack threats on France in the railways as well. But the difference between the facts is that the threats in France talked about bombs on the rails, and here we've had the bombs INSIDE the train, so this can be something relevant. Anyway, the surely thing is that it was done by ETA. Terrible, just terrible. |
| deleted user 11.03.2004 09:52 |
I'm watching MSNBC right now (9:50 am) and they haven't said a word about it yet. Stay safe my friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. |
| Josuè 11.03.2004 09:53 |
:) I'm ok, I'm from Barcelona and I use the train as well. I've been able to go to school this morning, some people hasn't. Just sad. I can't help me crying. |
| Mr.Jingles 11.03.2004 11:00 |
Glad to hear that you're OK Josecifu. Hope they find the bastards who killed all those people. |
| Penis - Vagina 11.03.2004 11:05 |
I'm so sorry that your country is experiencing this pain Josuecifu and I'm glad to hear that you are safe. ((((HUGS)))) |
| NoOneButYou1975 11.03.2004 11:40 |
my thoughts are with the people in Spain ...*hugs* :( |
| Babel_esp 11.03.2004 12:17 |
Over 185 killed (I am sure number will reach 200 soon) and around 1000 wounded. No further comment can be made; just terrorism like this, against civilian innocent people is just hateful. The trains that were attacked this morning were taken mainly by students of school and university. Lots of youngster have been assassined. |
| Julio 11.03.2004 12:19 |
This is horrible and hideous... I haven't words :( |
| deleted user 11.03.2004 12:21 |
I'm glad your are safe, Josuecifu. I was very sorry to hear about all of this unfortunate news. |
| Dances With Freddie 11.03.2004 12:29 |
it's horrible :( |
| Josuè 11.03.2004 13:05 |
By the moment, 186 (one more) deaths and 1000 wounded. Thank you for your comments and support condolences. |
| Sonja 11.03.2004 13:28 |
Just heard about that. Horrible!!! What's this world all about? How can people be able to do something like that?? My thoughts are with you guys in Spain and especially with the families of the victims! |
| Josuè 11.03.2004 13:39 |
190 deaths and 1.421 woundeds. Now, the ones that are dying now are the badly injureds on the hospital. I can asure that this is a nightmare. |
| Whisperer 11.03.2004 13:42 |
Simply terrible! I just read on the hub Bokkepot's message where he said that it's terrible what happened in Madrid. I was just going to ask my mother what happened (I was away from home all day) and at the same moment she asked me "Did you hear what happened in Madrid". What a coincidence. |
| NoOneButYou1975 11.03.2004 13:45 |
link (AP) - Ten terrorist bombs tore through trains and stations along a commuter line at the height of Madrid's morning rush hour Thursday, killing more than 190 people and wounding 1,240 others before this weekend's general elections. Officials blamed Basque separatists for the worst terrorist attack in Spanish history. "This is mass murder," said a somber Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar following an emergency cabinet meeting, vowing to hunt down the attackers and ruling out negotiations with the ETA separatist group. From CNN.com. Rush-hour bombings kill at least 190 in Madrid link A coordinated wave of bomb attacks on Madrid's commuter train system today killed at least 190 people and wounded over 1,000 at the height of the city's rush hour. There has been no claim of responsibility in the bombings, but Spanish officials are blaming terrorists from the Basque separatist group ETA. |
| Daburcor? 11.03.2004 13:55 |
Oh my... |
| PieterMC 11.03.2004 15:00 |
From CNN: "Spanish interior minister says new line of Madrid blast investigation opened after police find van with detonators and Arabic-language tapes." |
| Josuè 11.03.2004 15:14 |
192 deaths, 1.421 woundeds. Okay, things have changed. This is something new. As the prev post has announced, there's the possibility of this being an Al-Qaeda terrorist attack. As I said in prev posts, this is something similar to what happended to France. The fact is that it was REALLY strange that ETA didn't announce there was bombs in train (as they usually advice of their attacks). And also, Batasuna (political arm of ETA) has not claimed responsability for the attack as they ALWAYS do. Even Batasuna has announced that they have nothing to do with the attack. Now we are surprised... this is new, though I personally expected it from the first moment. I'm getting scared, because if Al-Qaeda is actually the responsable of this attack, I'm afraid there'll start a chain of attacks and a lot of more victims with irrespective aplication. I hope AlQaeda has nothing to do with this. |
| iron eagle 11.03.2004 15:24 |
am glad your safe also |
| Josuè 11.03.2004 15:39 |
As you might now by the time... the most possible option is that Al-Qaeda made the attack. |
| NoOneButYou1975 11.03.2004 15:46 |
from link BREAKING NEWS A London-based Arabic newspaper says it has received claim of responsibility for the Madrid train bombings issued in the name of al-Qaeda. Details to come. |
| Penis - Vagina 11.03.2004 15:59 |
From the Queen News section at brianmay.com: **Thu 11 Mar 04** MADRID BOMBINGS First... our shock at the Madrid Bombings and sympathy to all those affected by this atrocity. It was said on the Lunchtime News that a 3-Day National Mourning period had been declared. Nothing has been heard yet whether the theatre will be closed for that. The Calderon Theatre is a 15 to 20 minute walk from Atocha Station. We hope all our Spanish friends are safe. link The Calderon is where the WWRY musical is currently playing. I would certainly hope they suspend it out of respect. |
| NoOneButYou1975 11.03.2004 16:02 |
(AP) 'This is mass murder' 02:56 PM CST on Thursday, March 11, 2004 Associated Press MADRID, Spain - Ten terrorist bombs tore through trains and stations along a commuter line at the height of the morning rush hour Thursday, killing more than 190 people and wounding 1,200 others three days before Spain's general elections. Spain initially blamed Basque separatists for the bombings, but the interior minister also said other lines of investigation were opened after police found a van Thursday with detonators and an audiotape of Quranic verses near where the bombed trains originated. The Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said it had received a claim of responsibility issued in the name of al-Qaeda. The e-mail claim of responsibility, signed by the shadowy Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri, was received at the newspaper's London offices and said the brigade's "death squad" had penetrated "one of the pillars of the crusade alliance, Spain." "This is part of settling old accounts with Spain, the crusader, and America's ally in its war against Islam," the claim said. Spain had backed the U.S.-led war on Iraq despite domestic opposition, and many al-Qaeda-linked terrorists have been captured in Spain or were believed to have operated from there. After an emergency cabinet meeting, a somber Prime minister Jose Maria Aznar vowed to hunt down the attackers. "This is mass murder," he said. The bombers used titadine, a kind of compressed dynamite also found in a bomb-laden van intercepted last month as it headed for Madrid, a source at Aznar's office said on condition of anonymity. Officials blamed the ETA separatist group at that time. Police found a van with detonators and an Arabic-language tape with Quranic verses in the town of Alcala de Henares, 15 miles east of Madrid, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said Thursday night. Police found seven detonators and the tape on the front seat of the van, Acebes told a news conference. He added that ETA remained the "main line of investigation" in the blasts, Europe's worst terror attack since the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270. Three of the four trains bombed Thursday originated in Alcala de Henares and one passed through it, the state rail company said. Panicked commuters abandoned bags and their shoes as they trampled each other to escape the Atocha terminal, where bombs struck two trains. Some fled into darkened, dangerous tunnels at the station, a bustling hub for subway, commuter and long-distance trains just south of Madrid's famed Prado Museum. The bodies of the dead, some with their cell phones ringing unanswered as frantic relatives tried to contact them, were carried away by rescue workers. The wounded, faces bloodied, sat on curbs as buses were pressed into service as ambulances. One firefighter said he saw 70 bodies along a platform at El Pozo station, just east of downtown Madrid. One corpse had been blown onto the roof. Forty coroners worked to identify remains, the national news agency Efe said, and a steady stream of taxis carried relatives to a sprawling convention center where the bodies were taken. A total of 10 bombs, nearly all in backpacks, exploded in a 15-minute span along nine miles of the commuter line -- running from Santa Eugenia to the Madrid hub of Atocha -- killing 192 people and injuring more than 1,240, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said. Police found and detonated three other bombs. The blasts began about 7:40 a.m., tearing through trains or platforms on the commuter line running to the Atocha station. At least two of the bombs went off in trains at that station. ETA has been blamed for more than 800 deaths in its decades-old campaign to carve an independent Basque homeland from territory straddling northern Spain and southwest France. However, its attacks have been on a lesser scale than Thursday's bombings, with the largest toll being 21 killed in a supermarket blast in |
| El Shileno 11.03.2004 16:44 |
Un abrazo y condolencias a todo el pueblo español por esta nueva tragedia terrorista. Con estas actitudes de algunos tontos no vamos a llegar a ningún lado |
| inu-liger 11.03.2004 19:12 |
My condolences to the Spanish people who have lost friends and family :( |
| Brandon 11.03.2004 22:09 |
What a tragedy. Good luck to all of our Spanish friends. |
| Pluto 12.03.2004 07:53 |
this is sick when wil it stop |
| deleted user 12.03.2004 10:34 |
terroristas malditos, que diablos tiene que ver esa gente inocente con sus ideas... Vamos España, a seguir para adelante, hay que ser fuertes para sobreponerse a este momento!!!!! |
| inu-liger 12.03.2004 12:14 |
¿Cuándo ese vez vendrá cuando podemos parar todo el luchar? |
| NoOneButYou1975 17.03.2004 21:49 |
GOP lawmakers blame Spain, defend war link what a bunch of dumba... |
| iron eagle 17.03.2004 22:26 |
unfortunately that was bound to happen regardless of who it was... least IMO of course not very smart of them for sure--it will widen the gap of mistrust by europe to the states and probably widen the gap between spain and the us too.... sometimes politicians should just shut up........ you see this one yet? dont know if it had anything to do with the congressional reaction or not---- CAIRO, Egypt — The Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for last week's Madrid (search) train bombings has called a truce with Spain to give the new government time to withdraw troops from Iraq, a London-based Arabic-language newspaper said Wednesday. |