Governor Dean to attend summit on terrorism in Spain...interesting.

[madfloridian]

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-5/111028903125200.xml&storylist=international

MADRID, Spain (AP) — "A summit on terrorism opened Tuesday in this city that a year ago suffered one of Europe's worst attacks, with experts and government leaders attempting to identify causes of extremist violence and find ways to curtail it.

"You've come to a wounded city, but it is not a city that has surrendered," said Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, the mayor of Madrid. "We need your efforts to feel safe again. We need you to find how to stop it happening again. The time for solutions has arrived."

World leaders scheduled to attend the conference include Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, as well as U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and former President Clinton may also attend.

Others scheduled to attend the conference include Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman, and Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator for the Palestinian Authority....."

[madfloridian]

1. I keep thinking this could be risky.....

SNIP..."The meeting will include a commemoration ceremony for victims of the March 11 train bombing in downtown Madrid that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,500. The sessions are taking place just down the street from a building targeted in an ETA bombing on Feb. 9...."