Millions Protest Over Spain Bombs, ETA Denies Blame

[mobuto]

By Andrew Cawthorne
MADRID (Reuters) - Millions of grieving Spaniards poured into the streets crying "cowards" and "killers" on Friday as Basque separatist group ETA denied responsibility for the Madrid bombings that killed nearly 200 people.

As darkness fell, two million in Madrid alone joined a mass protest, whistling, banging drums, carrying black crosses or candles, and waving placards saying "No More Killing."


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[orwell]

1. Second

"No More Killing."

I'll second that.

O

[Just Me]

2. I am sad for their loss.

And I, too, am with them: "No More Killing"!!!

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Watched live coverage on Brit tv -- unbelievably moving --

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. Unbelievably barbaric act

it can only provoke such a response.

[tigereye]

6. it was heartening to see people affirming their humanity

but so hearbreaking to think of the level of evil that could do such a thing.

[mobuto]

9. Such is the irony of life

[tigereye]

10. actually I think it is elemental

[mobuto]

5. two million in Madrid alone

unbelievable. The entire city is only 2.8 million.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

7. It was just absolutely staggering

[Rex]

8. Wow

Amazing pics! My heart goes out to the people of Spain.

[bpilgrim]

17. reminds me of the anti-war protest there BEFORE the war -------- PIC

peace

[Chicago Democrat]

11. All one can do is cry

(crying sounds)

[9215]

12. It's Spain's 9/11, like Australia's in Bali and

surely done by the same interests.

Did you know that Al Qaeda worked/s for the CIA?

[windansea]

13. did you know that

people who think the CIA are behind every bombing in the world are delusional crackpots??

[9215]

14. They probably are delusional crackpots. What does that

have to do with my specific suggestion?

[Suspicious]

19. ?

Where in the post you were responding to did the poster say anything about the CIA being "behind every bombing in the world"? It wasn't even implied. :shrug:

The lack of substance, broad-brush tactics and contemptuous tone of the majority of your posts is becoming tedious.

[windansea]

20. see post 18

I rest my case

[Suspicious]

22. I don't know how you

can claim post 18 is grounds for you to rest your case. In all fairness, if you were to be honest with yourself, post 18 makes reference to one specific attack - not "every bombing in the world".

If you disagree with another poster's view, why don't you try civilized counter-argument, rather than super-generalized, dismissive insults?

[JoeKSimmons]

15. Is there any reason we can't blame bush for this tragedy?

The fact that Spain sided with the US made them a target. No?

One more piece of ammo to use against bush.

[9215]

18. and recently Spain has not been so enthusiastic

about the war. This attack puts them back in the pool of nations who are victims of Al Qaeda.

I'd say this is probably another CIA job using Emmanuel Goldstein/Al Qaeda. But who knows for sure.

[JoeKSimmons]

23. So the USA via CIA proxy killed 200 people in Spain?

I find that hard to believe.

[9215]

24. I know it is weird, but I've found out about the Al

Qaeda link to the CIA in the Balkans and Halliburton's "Trans Balkan pipeline" and Osama himself in that region as shown by Michel Chossodovsky. Then the reality that all of the money traced to Al Qaeda leads to Saudi Arabia and ex-FBI boss John O'Neill saying that the Saudis are behind the terrorist bombings while he investigated the USS Cole bombing. Even the Bali bombings investigated by the Aussies found the money trail led back to Saudi Arabia and then the Aussies coming on board to fight in Iraq.

Combine that with the bin Laden connection to the Bushies and the fact that no Al Qaeda have been prosecuted, only secretly detained in Cuba, or, at least that is what we are told, and it isn't hard to see the possibility of links. It just is too unbelievable that no Al Qaeda have been definitively identified and brougth to justice. IMO it is all about creating fear and terror to justify curtailing rights.Bush has no other option if he means to stay in power; fear is cumulative and it can be ratcheted up in so many ways; it freaks me to think of how easy it is to manipulate the masses.

[Cooley Hurd]

16. kick

morning kick
:kick:

[JoeKSimmons]

21. Will protests convince the bombers to stop bombing?

Will the terrorists heed to protests or retribution?

[NV1962]

25. It's not a "protest" - it's a public reaffirmation of common values

It's a public, common and visible statement of humanity.

It's a variation on waving flags here, post 9/11: instead of symbols that refer to "identity" (which is under constant debate in Spain) people came out from all walks of life and any and all convictions to stand together, and express support for the Constitutional values in a Democracy.

It's flipping a collective bird at the terrorists.

And Spaniards do carry their soul on their sleeves: to wit, the annual ritual of processions. It's a different mindset.