Spanish authorities are trying to decide whether ETA or al Qaeda was responsible for the 3/11 attacks in Madrid. Consider the possibility it was both. ETA had the explosives, native experts and al Qaeda had the will. Given ETA's reported decline over recent years it's not unreasonable that either they sold equipment and advice to al Qaeda or an ETA cell allied with them.
And then there's this from Ken MacLeod, who pays attention to national liberation movements of various sorts:
At the moment the Spanish government is saying 'ETA' and everyone else is asking 'Al-Qaeda?' It makes a practical difference, yes, but ETA has become so nihilistic and pointless it might as well be part of Al-Qaeda already.Posted by Kevin Murphy at March 12, 2004 12:16 AM | TrackBack