Posted by Runshouse21 at nytgate1.nytimes.com on March 11, 2004 at 16:33:33:
In Reply to: Why Spain though? posted by Elfy on March 11, 2004 at 16:30:29:
An Arabic newspaper, Al-Quds al-Arabi, said it had received a claim of responsibility for theid train bombings issued in the name of Al Qaeda.
The five-page e-mail claim, signed by the shadowy Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri, was received at the paper's London offices. It 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.