http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/madridbombing/ en-us Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:33:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047047/posts MADRID — A Spanish court absolved four men and upheld the acquittal of a fifth on Thursday in the convoluted legal proceedings relating to the 2004 Madrid commuter train bombings that killed 191 people in the deadliest attack by Islamic militants on European soil. The rulings followed appeals of some of 21 convictions by a lower court after a five-month trial that ended in October. Seven other people were acquitted at that time. Most dramatically, the court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of one of the bombing’s accused masterminds, Rabei Osman, an Egyptian, who was found guilty in 2006 in... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047047/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:33:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046973/posts Spain's Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of four people found guilty of involvement in the Madrid train bombings in 2004. The four were among 21 people convicted last year over the attacks, which killed 191 people. The court also upheld the acquittal of an Egyptian suspected of masterminding the attacks, because he had already been convicted of the offence in Italy. However it convicted and jailed one of those originally found not guilty. The Spanish man, who was sentenced to four years in prison, had earlier been cleared of helping to supply the explosives used in the Madrid attacks.... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046973/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:44:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036340/posts American School Books Redefine 'Jihad' to Exclude Violence -- Where is Media? By Warner Todd Huston | June 8, 2008 - 21:49 ET In yet another example of why the west could be too weak to fight the sort of global terrorism that takes the form of Islamofascism, a textbook monitoring group is charging that American textbooks have been cleansed of mentioning the violence inherent in the Islamic "Jihad." Now, our children will not be taught what "Jihad" truly means, nor that it has been used as an excuse to kill their fellow citizens because our schools have sanitized Islam... newsbuster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036340/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:01:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999623/posts Many in America want the Iraq war to end now and believe if we "leave Iraq to the Iraqis," the Islamic extremists will leave us alone. That position recklessly ignores how America's decade-long refusal to deal more decisively with Islamic terrorism led to 9/11 and all that followed, and how every time America flinches in the face of Islamic aggression, the terrorists see it as a weakness to be exploited. In this environment, Gen. David Petraeus must have expected he would be criticized for recommending the suspension of further U.S. troop withdrawals in the face of the recent flare-up of... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999623/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:41:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918852/posts A Spanish judge on Wednesday found 21 people guilty of involvement in Islamist bombings of Madrid trains on March 11, 2004, which killed 191 people. Seven of the accused were acquitted of any involvement in the bombings including Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, known as "Mohamed the Egyptian." He is in prison in Italy after being convicted of belonging to an international terrorist group. Moroccan Jamal Zougam was sentenced to a total of more than 40,000 years in prison, although under Spanish law he can only serve a maximum of 40 years. Spaniard Emilio Suarez Trashorras, found guilty of supplying explosives,... AP on MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918852/posts#comment Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:18:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1894077/posts To be a "good" Muslim References -  'Palestinian' child abuse -  Evil 'Joy' -  'Blessing' Hitler -  Mourning the wicked -  Australia - Muslim land -  Jihad on all Buddhists -  Spain - Muslim land -  Europe - Muslim land -  Arabs DON'T care about 'Palestinians' -  72 virgins - Loyalty -  'Pallywood' -  (use of) Ambulances for terror -  (use of) Women for terror -  Human Shields -  Middle east background -  September 11 terror plot on London -  Myth on: 'Terrorists are desperate' -  Beheadings -  Ilan Halimi [an example of monsterous wild prolonged torture motivated by hate only] -  Muslims attacking Jews in France -  Ahmadinejad ' Islamic Hitler' -  Cutting -  'Honor killing' -  Jews & Christians as "Apes & Pigs"? - ... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1894077/posts#comment Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:30:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1861968/posts Islamists' Criminal Excuses to commit crimes against humanity all over the world Rice Urges World to Stop Making Excuses for Terrorists, "When are we going to stop making excuses for the terrorists and saying that somebody ... Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics: War on Terrorism ...http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/7/29/204707.shtml   The Star - News - 'Stop making excuses for Muslim criminals', 'Stop making excuses for Muslim criminals' ... The impression is that they are making excuses for terrorism and that's wrong. "Terrorism is a terrible thing ..."http://www.thestar.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=1698420the jihad's excuses for its mass-murders are not even worth a hearing. ...http://watch.windsofchange.net/2004/04_0308_0314.htmStraw said... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1861968/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:41:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859650/posts The trial of 28 defendants accused of organising the Madrid bombings of 11 March 2004 has entered its final day. Defence lawyers are making closing arguments on behalf of their clients, all of whom have pleaded not guilty. The defendants, who are alleged to be linked to al-Qaeda, are accused of killing 191 people and wounding 1,841, in attacks on four commuter trains. Some of the accused could face up to 40 years in jail when verdicts are handed down in October. The panel of judges is expected to begin deliberations once the defence lawyers have finished speaking. The eight... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859650/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:37:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1354464/posts MADRID, Spain (AP) - 0302DV-Grand-Central A sketch of New York's Grand Central Terminal was found a year ago in the home of a suspect in the Madrid train bombings, Spanish and U.S. officials said Wednesday. The sketch and data were on a computer disk seized about two weeks after the March 11 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 people last year, the newspaper El Mundo said. In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the FBI had informed the Police Department about the existence of the data on the computer and the city responded by tightening security at transit centers.... Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1354464/posts#comment Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:41:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807643/posts Widow attends massacre trial wearing Mohammed cartoon 26 March 2007 MADRID ? The widow of a man killed in the Madrid bombings attended the trial of Islamic radicals with a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed with a bomb on her T-shirt. The judge in charge of trial on Monday asked security guards to check the woman?s T-shirt and ordered the cameras to halt live transmissions. Initially, he thought the woman could been a relative of one of the 29 accused and thought she might have put some kind of message on her T-shirt. The T-shirt was a copy of the... Expatica.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807643/posts#comment Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:16:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784737/posts The legacy of the Madrid bombings The Madrid attacks fuelled the idea of a 'home-grown' threat Twenty-nine suspects, mostly Moroccans, are to go on trial on Thursday over the March 2004 Madrid train bombings. The BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera looks at the significance of the terror attack for Europe.The explosions, which wreaked carnage on four Madrid trains, left a lasting legacy for Spain, Europe and our wider understanding of the terrorist threat. The attacks made clear that Western Europe was not immune from the threat of international jihadist terrorism. After the strike against the US after 9/11, the... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784737/posts#comment Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:08:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1762002/posts To be a "good" Muslim References 'Palestinian' child abuse -  Evil 'Joy' -  Australia - Muslim land -  Spain - Muslim land -  Europe - Muslim land -  Arabs DON'T care about 'Palestinians' -  Loyalty -  'Pallywood' -  (use of) Ambulances for terror -  (use of) Women for terror -  Human Shields -  Middle east background -  September 11 terror plot on London -  Myth on: 'Terrorists are desperate' -  Jews & Christians as "Apes & Pigs"? -  Non Muslims as "Cows" -  Early history -  Early terrorism -  Muslims & WW2 -  World domination & Caliphate -  'Palestinians' in Lebanon -  Jordan - Black September -  Syrian Crimes -  Lobbies -  Excuses -  Global conflicts Respond violently to anyone that says, writes, draws that... True hard facts! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1762002/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jan 2007 23:00:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1739852/posts As I am new here, I hope I get this right. This is a long shot, but I am writing a paper for one of my terrorism classes (DO THIS EVENING!), covering the Madrid Bombing, and have been unsuccessfully searching for what I remember being "declaration's of war," or "resumption of war" to retake Europe found in unexploded backpacks. I remember explicitly reading about something to this effect, but cannot find this information anywhere. Can anyone out there point me in the right direction? Thanks either way. Unknown http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1739852/posts#comment Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:02:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1706298/posts The Guardian of Islamic Extremism http://www.aina.org/news/20060921100346.htm ................................................................................................... Churches Firebombed By Members Of The "Religion of Peace" http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_21240687.shtml ...................................................................................................If Islam is the religion of peace, it should act like it http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/092006/09212006/223419 The Free Lance-Star, VA - Sep 21, 2006... My next complaint is the lame argument that says something along the lines of "Islam (the religion of peace) doesn't promote violence; remember Christians are ......................................................................................................Death threats from the 'religion of peace' http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52078 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1706298/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:16:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706155/posts Muslims want Pontiff out Clerics, scholars call for Benedict removal after controversial Islam remarks by AP LAHORE, Pakistan -- About 1,000 Muslim clerics and religious scholars meeting yesterday in eastern Pakistan demanded the removal of Pope Benedict for making what they called "insulting remarks" against Islam. CalSun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706155/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705805/posts Somalia is officially an Islamic state and conversion is prohibited. The country has a population of approximately 8.3 million, nearly all of them Sunni Muslims. There is a small, extremely low-profile Christian community. According to the International Religious Freedom Report 2006 issued by the US State Department last Friday, proselytizing for any religion except Islam is prohibited in Puntland and Somaliland and effectively blocked by informal social consensus elsewhere in the country. Somalia has had no government since the fall of Siad Barre in 1991. The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which grew out of individual courts' efforts to establish... AllAfrica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705805/posts#comment Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:16:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1705735/posts If you call me a killer one more time, I'm gonna kill ya http://moonagewebdream.blogs.com/moonage_political_webream/2006/09/if_you_call_me_.html September 20, 2006 If you call me a killer one more time, I'm gonna killa ya. `Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." Those are the words Pope Benedict uttered that has caused quite a stir. Those words were originally uttered in the 14th century by the Byzantine Emporor Manuel II. Now, contrary to the replies from Muslim fanatics, Byzantine was... moonagewebdream http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1705735/posts#comment Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:40:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705401/posts No quarter in dealing with terrorists By KARL WEINBERG COMMUNITY VOICE On the subject of how to treat terrorists once caught in our fight against Islamofascists, the mainstream media would have us believe that we are torturing the captives by using sleep deprivation, loud rock'n' roll music, female interrogators and such. Many Americans, including me, do not believe this is torture at all. Instead, we believe that much harsher treatment should be used to get information from these terrorists. While the U.S. Supreme Court, Sens. John McCain and Lindsay Graham have said these terrorists are covered under Common Article three... NewsJournalOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705401/posts#comment Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:32:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1704996/posts Muslims, Islam, Pope Benedict Religion of Peace Dying to Kill Again Al Qaeda terror commander hints at big attack on N.Y., Washington... The new al-Qaeda field commander recently interviewed in Afghanistan, is calling for Muslims to leave the U.S. -- particularly Washington and New York -- in anticipation of a major terror attack to rival Sept. 11, says the Canada Free Press story. Like most peace loving free people of the western world, I'd like very much to believe that Islam is indeed a peaceful religion seeking a peaceful coexistence with all peaceful peoples of the world. It's just hard... CFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1704996/posts#comment Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:10:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1704714/posts Searching For Moderate MuslimsBy David Keene September 20, 2006 The Islamic world, along with the politically correct world, is in a snit because Pope Benedict had the bad judgment in an academic forum to quote a Byzantine emperor's criticism of Islam's justification of forced conversion during his time. Islamic spokesmen reacted quickly, asserting that theirs is a religion of peace, condemning the Pope and blaming him as their followers began a new round of torching Christian churches around the world and killing those who attend them. I am agnostic on the question of whether Islam is at its heart peaceful... GOPUSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1704714/posts#comment Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:46:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1703571/posts First it was the Danes, now the Pope? Well, excuse the few honest guys for saying what most Non Muslims think! Voice of AmericaPope 'deeply sorry' at backlash on comments Globe and Mail - 7 hours agoWASHINGTON — Pope Benedict XVI says he's "deeply sorry" for unleashing a violent backlash across the Islamic world, insisting he never meant to endorse an obscure medieval text that characterized the Prophet Mohammed as evil and inhuman. ... Iraq al-Qaida says pope, West are doomed Houston ChroniclePope 'deeply sorry' for offending Muslims NorthJersey.comMonsters and Critics.com - Ïðàâî Âûáîðà - Seattle Times - New York... TheRealityShow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1703571/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:01:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703614/posts Gazans warn pope to accept IslamJerusalem Post, Israel Citing the words of the Prophet Muhammad, Muslim religious leaders in the Gaza Strip on Sunday warned Pope Benedict XVI that he must "accept" Islam if he wanted to live in peace. The warning, the first of its kind, came as many Christians in the West Bank expressed anger over a spate of attacks on churches in protest against remarks made by the pope about the Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad. Is it good for the West? The pope is a hardliner Two more churches in the West Bank were targeted on... JPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703614/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:04:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1699214/posts A collection of 9/11 tributes I’ll add to the list below, and if you have any you’d like to add to this (or any other sort of tribute/remembrance), please do so here. Either leave a comment with the link, or link to this post and send a trackback. 9/11: The 5th Year Anniversary Tribute Blood of Heroes September 11th, Uncensored From Brain Terminal: Crystal Morning: September 11th, 2001 From William Teach: 9/11 Plus 5 From Crusader: WTC Tribute More from YouTube: 911 tribute September 11th - Five Years Later: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 September 11th - Flash... bamapachyderm. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1699214/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:12:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694841/posts A passenger revolt occurred on a Malaga-Manchester flight. Vacationing Brits refused to fly with two Arabic-speaking men. This came in the wake of arrests of 21 British-born Muslims who were plotting to blow up as many as 11 trans-Atlantic flights. A spokesman for Britain’s opposition Tory party said the passengers panicked into “behaving irrationally.” Fancy that, not wanting to fly with members of a faith whose adherents keep trying to blow things up. Oh, how irrational! Within days of this incident, a Lebanese student was arrested for trying to plant bombs on German trains. In India, meanwhile, a group with... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694841/posts#comment Sun, 3 Sep 2006 16:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1692981/posts Top 10 Reasons Islam Might Not Be a Religion of Peace Written by Don Feder Thursday, August 31, 2006 A passenger revolt occurred on a Malaga-Manchester flight.  Vacationing Brits refused to fly with two Arabic-speaking men.  This came in the wake of arrests of 21 British-born Muslims who were plotting to blow up as many as 11 trans-Atlantic flights. A spokesman for Britain’s opposition Tory party said the passengers panicked into “behaving irrationally.”  Fancy that, not wanting to fly with members of a faith whose adherents keep trying to blow things up.  Oh, how irrational! Within days of this incident, a Lebanese student... Chron Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1692981/posts#comment Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:51:01 GMT