From Yahoo News:
Al-Qaeda reportedly planned to target Spain as the weakest link of the coalition in Iraq to force its troop pullout, according to a document from the terror network.
"We consider that the Spanish government cannot suffer more than two to three strikes before pulling out (of Iraq) under pressure from its own people," said the document obtained Wednesday by AFP from Raido France International's regional office in Beirut.
"If these (Spanish) forces remain after the strikes, the victory of the socialist party would be near-guaranteed and the pullout of Spanish forces from Iraq would be on its agenda," said the document, distributed ahead of the March 11 attacks in Madrid.
Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, elected after the train bombings in Madrid which left 191 people dead in Spain's worst ever terrorist attack, withdrew Spanish troops from the troubled country in May.
The document has apparently been issued in late February, as it refers to the early days of the Islamic new year which fell on February 21
Matt's Chat
Who didn't see this coming? While we're at it, who would al Qaeda see in the White House next year? Just asking...Mark's Remarks
Wow, and you know what, Spain fell for it, hook line and sinker. I wonder if the American people will be so ignorant...of course, the terrorists have tremendous help from their own Propaganda source, our own Mainstream Press. They are doing everything in their power to get the terrorists what they want, it is shameful. We spend months on Abu Gharib 2004, when we don't even cover the decades of maimings and torture under Saddam except as a footnote or cruel analogy by an idiotic drunk Senator (Ted Kennedy). Our media is shameful in that it promotes more of the terror agenda but at the same time claims to be fair and objective. However, if that is so, how come 90% of the coverage is negative, even as I am hearing about thousands of schools being rebuilt, children getting schooling, improved resources, etc.? What is so balanced and objective about that?
