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Al-Qaida Claim for Thursday's Terror Bombings Overshadows Spanish Election
Gil Carbajal
The people of Spain are voting in a general election following Thursday's terrorist bombings of four commuter1 trains that killed 200 and injured more than 1,400. Indications are growing that an Islamic terrorist group was behind the attacks, a development that could have an important impact on the election.
The government was at first quick to point the finger of suspicion at the Basque terrorist organization ETA, but Interior Minister Angel Acebes announced the arrest late Saturday of three Moroccans and two Indians in connection to the attacks. And early Sunday he disclosed that police had found a videotape in Arabic claiming that al-Qaida was responsible for the attacks.
Mr. Acebes said police followed a telephone tip and found the videotape in a waste paper basket near Madrid's principal mosque2.
The tape showed a man dressed in Arab garb3 who spoke4 with a Moroccan accent. He said al-Qaida planned the Madrid attacks to take place exactly two and a half years after the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington. He said the Madrid bombs were in retaliation5 for Spain's cooperation with what he called "the Bush criminals" and their actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. He threatened more such attacks.
Earlier Saturday the government announced the arrest of the Moroccans and Indian citizens, saying they had links to a mobile phone found in a backpack containing an unexploded bomb on one of the four trains attacked on Thursday.
The possible al-Qaida connection could have an adverse6 affect on the ruling Popular Party's chances of remaining in power.
Outgoing Prime Minister José María Aznar's staunch support of U.S. operations in Iraq has become an important campaign issue. His handpicked successor, Mariano Rajoy, has pledged to continue that policy despite the opposition7 in opinion polls of more than 80 percent of the Spanish people.
The head of the main opposition Socialist8 Worker's Party, José Luis Zapatero, has pledged to withdraw Spain's 1,300 soldiers from Iraq unless there is U.N. approval of the deployment9.
The last opinion polls published before the bomb attacks on Thursday gave the Popular Party a bare four to six point lead, not enough to obtain the 176 seats in parliament needed to maintain its absolute majority.
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Spain [spein] n. 西班牙(欧洲南部国家)
commuter train 市郊火车
Islamic [Iz5lAmIk] adj. 伊斯兰的
Basque [bAsk] adj. 巴斯克的
ETA 巴斯克语
Interior Minister 内务部长
Moroccan [mE5rRkEN] n. 摩洛哥人
disclose [dis5klEuz] vt. 揭露,透露
al-Qaida 基地组织
Madrid [mE5drid] n. 马德里(西班牙首都)
mosque [mCsk] n. 清真寺
retaliation [rI9tAlI5eIFEn] n. 报复,报仇
adverse [5AdvE:s] adj. 敌对的,相反的
ruling [5ru:liN] adj. 现执政的
Popular Party 人民党
staunch [stC:n(t)F] adj. 坚定的
handpicked [5hAnd5pIkt] adj. 精选的
successor [sEk5sesE] n. 接任者
parliament [5pB:lEmEnt] n. 议会
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n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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5 retaliation | |
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