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<p>March 13, 2004 -- A tantalizing clue has emerged pointing to al Qaeda as the culprits in the Madrid bombings - there were exactly 911 days between the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the latest atrocity.</p> <p>The Spain tragedy, which occurred on 3/11, also fell 21/2 years to the day after the planes slammed into the Twin Towers.</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...