Bombs used in Madrid attack typically used by the ETA

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http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=750804

<But Spanish anti-terrorism sources said Thursday that the bombs used in the Madrid attack were of a type typically used by ETA.>

[BootinUp]

1. Well terrorists would use

locally available stuff. I am not sure this means it wasn't Al Qaeda.

[eissa]

2. Oh man, oh man, oh man!!

I sooooo want to jump up and down and say "I TOLD YOU SO!" but will refrain pending further disclosures.

[DrWeird]

3. I'm sorry but...

didn't Spanish authorities just a couple of weeks ago catch some ETA terrorists trying to place a bomb on a train?

[spinbaby]

4. I heard that this morning

But it seems to have fallen out of the news by mid morning.

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5. Yes

I am inclined to believe it was the ETA, especially since this was done days before an election.

<"ETA had been looking for a massacre in Spain," Acebes said after an emergency cabinet meeting, citing recent thwarted attacks. "Unfortunately, today it achieved its goal."

He said security services knew it was ETA because the group attempted a similar attack on Christmas Eve, placing bombs on two trains bound for a Madrid station that was not hit on Thursday.

He also noted that on February 29, police intercepted a Madrid-bound van packed with more than 500 kilograms of explosives and blamed ETA.

"Therefore, it is absolutely clear and evident that the terrorist organization ETA was looking to commit a major attack," Acebes said. "The only thing that varies is the train station that was targeted."

The Interior Ministry later said the explosives used in the blasts were a kind of dynamite that ETA normally uses.>

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/403722.html

[wuushew]

7. Why not wait another day?

The closer to election the greater the shock would be for ETA. The timing either 6 months from September 11th, or 911 days from 9-11-01 discounting leap year point to Al Queda.

[arcos]

6. yeah... but the rest is VERY non-ETA

The M.O. is totally Al Qaeda...