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Originally Posted by Something Punky read
Saddam and Osama hate each other and no link exsisted but now Spain gets punished by Al Queda for helping to overthrow a guy they hated and wanted overthrown to start with?
MAKES SENSE
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Originally Posted by Jerrek
Its important to note that the terrorists [al-Queda], in their claims, said that they're punishing Spain for supporting the war with Iraq. But we all know there is no link between al-Queda and Iraq. Its just a matter of those 200 dead bodies that says otherwise...
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Originally Posted by Jerrek
No. Spain was "punished" by al-Queda for supporting the Iraq war. There isn't a whole lot more to add.
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I don't think it is a simple as that.
And just because al Qaeda have "punished" Spain for being involved with the Iraq war, it does not then mean that there are/were links between al Qaeda & Iraq / bin laden & Saddam.
The war was more than simply the overthrow of Saddam.
I would think that if the Madrid bombings were punishment or revenge by al Qaeda for the Iraq war, it would be because Spain was involved with the (non-Muslim) "Coalition" which invaded & occupied an Islamic country (well, OK, a country with a secular regime but populated almost solely by Muslims, but anyway...) - *Not* revenge for Spain helping to overthrow a secular dictator who bin Laden hated & wanted overthrown anyway.
Plus there is also the possible/likely motive of al Qaeda bombing Madrid in the hope that it would cause the Spanish government to reconsider having troops in Iraq, with the idea that if they pulled out, perhaps others would also. I think it is obvious that al Qaeda would love the Coalition to pull out of Iraq prematurely, so that they can then benefit from the even more chaotic state the country would then be in.