Re: Coincidence ??
Don't attribute too much coordination to this 'freelance' network. Al Qaida is not a tight hierarchy, and never was. Very few 'terrorist' Groups are. Osama doesn't get reports and give direct approval on each attack anymore. It's just lots of Arab/Muslim malcontents who are recruited to form cells by people who had training in Afghanistan some years ago. The date being the 11th of the month is almost certainly co-incidence but the style certainly does resemble what we've seen from Al Qaida before. Someone associated with Al Qaida was involved, but it could be easily by both ETA and Al Qaida together if some ETA people were 'recruited' by a random Al Qaida operative. This is not like national governments with clear definitions of jurisdiction between one or the other. It's just an underworld of desperate radicals who will join with anyone else that can help them cause a disaster and make themselves feel powerful.
[ March 12, 2004, 15:23: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]
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