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<p>CAIRO, Egypt — An Arabic newspaper said Thursday it had received a claim of responsibility for the Madrid train bombings issued in the name of Al Qaeda. The claim also said that a major attack against America was "90 percent ready."</p>

According to the Al Qaeda letter sent to Al Quds in London claiming responsibility for the Spanish bombings a huge operation targeting the USA is 90 percent ready. IT was stated, "Operation Winds of Black Death is in its final preparation." This was just reported on the live broadcast. No link yet.

A group claiming to be acting in the name of al Qaeda says it was behind today's devastating Madrid train bombings, which killed at least 192 people. An email to the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper said the Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri was responsible for the worst terrorist attack on a European city since the second world war. It also warned that a "big attack" on the US was "90% ready". "The death squad (of the Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades) succeeded in penetrating the crusader European depths and striking one of the pillars of the crusader alliance - Spain...

A self-proclaimed al Qaida operative reiterated the group's responsibility for the series of explosions on Spanish city commuter trains on Thursday that claimed almost 200 victims. Investigators are still searching for suspects as government officials raised the death toll to 198, with 1,463 wounded. The Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said it had received a claim of responsibility issued in the name of Al Qaeda. The e-mail claim, signed by a group calling itself the Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri, said the brigade's ‘death squad' had penetrated ‘one of the pillars of the crusade alliance, Spain.'" In an e-mail titled...