May 24, 2005

Islamic Terrorists...Fall Guys for Spanish Socialists?

(Forgive the cheesy cast photo of that show The Fall Guy from the early '80s...I couldn't help myself.)

The headline is disturbing, but possibly true. In an article on the National Review's website, Frank J. Gaffney explores this frightening possibility. Regarding the 3/11 attacks in busy Spanish train stations that ultimately tossed the conservative government out on its ear, the Madrid newspaper El Mundo

...suggests that, almost immediately after the 12 bombs went off in one of the cityÕs busiest train stations, some in the Spanish police force fabricated evidence, then swiftly hyped it to the domestic and international press. The object seems to have been to support the oppositionsÕ claims that Islamists angry over the governmentÕs support for the war in Iraq were responsible for the attacks.

If this is true, then it can only prove that Spanish socialists were so desperate to win that they'd do just about anything.

We can't cut the Islamic terrorists any slack, of course. But if, IF, members of the Spanish socialist party were at all responsible for setting these guys up in order to win an election, then they are just as scary, if not more so, than the Islamic thugs willing to maim and kill innocent victims by bombing.

Gaffney reminds us that

...if the leads published in recent days pan out, it would appear that SpainÕs 2004 elections were stolen by terrorists, alright. But the terrorist operation that brought the socialists to power may have been an inside job Ñ in effect, a coup perpetrated by some of the same authorities who are responsible for preventing terror. Explosive stuff, if true. But all preliminary and speculative right now. [emphasis added]

The entire article can be found here. Will there be an investigation? Let's hope so...

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