Terrorist Attacks in Madrid

[NorCalStud686]

Im suprised no one has posted anything about it yet. What does everyone think? Here's the link if you dont know what im talking about or dont know details.

http://cnn.com.tr/2004/WORLD/europe/03/11/spain.blasts/

[tuneman13]

I would Bubb Rubbing shoot all those stupid Bubb Rubb that did this!!! I really dont know why would somebody do that???

[NorCalStud686]

tuneman13, Thye are speculating that is was because Spain agreed with the US about the invasion of Iraq. it was the US, Spain, and Great britian.

[Neognosis]

Al Queda is just one group of several trying to claim responsibility, I heard on the news last night.

[chavez]

There are reports that people have flooded the streets of Madrid in a show of solidarity and patriotism.

Maybe now the French and Germans will take another look at terrorism and it's impact on a global scale instead of sitting on the sidelines and criticizing others.

[tuneman13]

NorCalStud686, I know but all this terorism thing is stupid. And I think a lot of countries supported USA...

[Neognosis]

[chavez]

cameraboy, you may be right... Who knows really?

[NorCalStud686]

tuneman13, well i think the thing was that Spain and GB openly supported them mabye? or mabye thats just 3 country's that Iraq , or al-qaida has beef with.

BTW what ever happend with saddam? he was all over the news for like a week or two, and he just like disapeared.

[Alter Ego]

Its also the case that the terrorists attacks were by the ETA - a seperatist group in spain that have a lengthy history of terrorist attacks in the country

[tuneman13]

NorCalStud686, I ment generally speaking, for all this stupid wars and terrorist atacks, people killing each other...

[NorCalStud686]

Alter Ego, it was suspected that it was the ETA because of thier history. but they examined the bombs and detonators, and they didnt match the kind that the ETA had used in the past.

[Chales]

[NorCalStud686]

Chales, im nto really sure on the details, but i mean i would guess its a way to get at us? im not saying spain being linked with us in a way, but i guess it could be a possibility. thats what my spanish teacher told us that he thinks (ex terrorist something, like ways to pretect from terrorists. )

[chavez]

NorCalStud686, what's the name of your Spanglish teacher?

[NorCalStud686]

chavez-y-chavez, Mr. Debaco, he looks white, but he is a spainard(sp?), why?

[Tyler T]

NorCalStud686, spanish people are, for the most part, fairly white.

[NorCalStud686]

Tyler T, yeah i know.

[Tyler T]

NorCalStud686,

[FRANKIE]

norcalstud.
what surprised me more is that no one really cared or talked about how 99% of the espanoles were against the war and yet the government supported it in the end. crazy. spain is not united. my p's watch the national new of espania every night and when i get the chance i have them relay the news to me. elections were yesterday; the socialist party won (horray!). what is even more interesting here is that ETA was pointed the blame first... which, had they been responsible for the acts, would have swayed the vote to the right. interesting, no? i wonder if the two ideas are related? dangerous, no?

the bombings were scary. i was fortunately with my p's when they called espania to make sure family and friends were okay.

take care all.
frankie


espanoles are white - ja ja. thanks to the spanish inquisition, such is mostly true.

[Chales]

FRANKIE,

I have to right a spanish paper on why the movie "Life is Beautiful" is called "Life is Beautiful." Think you can help me out?

1 page, double spaced, size 12 font, black ink, Times New Roman.

[nick e[V]ans]

NorCalStud686, what about Australia, i dont even know whether americans know that there were a large number of Aussie troops in Iraq, typical though.

and also, i doubt it is because of the spanish link with the war in iraq, i mean al quaeda targetted the US a long time before Iraq was even on the cards... sure there was the gulf war in the early nineties but why leave it 10yrs to retalliate. i think everybody has to realise that these people have been corrupted by religion/terrorism. they are terrorists - they dont need a reason to kill people, they do it to incite terror.

[FRANKIE]

chales.
first off, have you seen the movie?

[Chales]

Of course. Paper?

[FRANKIE]

nick evans.
my first thoughts were the elections and ETA's involvement in a possible national, political pull. however, i have always beleived that often there IS method to madness. don't you think that crazy people get off on the ploying so much more than the outcome proper? most operations take a great deal of thought and organization. i think the escalation is exciting to them (setting up the game board) ... after all, when you make the pull, the game is over. maybe not though. maybe it's like a job? maybe the guy with the most creative plan gets a prize of some sort? who knows?

[FRANKIE]

ok chales... what do you have so far? a one page paper shouldn't be too hard to do. let's start off with what made you relate "life is beautiful" with what happened in the current events of spain. war, correct?

exercise one = define your parameters.
1. define war.

2. define life - truly this is difficult. don't settle for a dictionary entry; but you can use one to get yourself started. what does it mean to be alive, to have life. are they the same thing? think about it.

do you want to join a chat (wb.com chat or IM) or PM so as not to distract this thread or annoy any wb.com users?

[Chales]

No that's ok, I'm just kidding, I can do it on my own. I appreciate your help though and thank you for getting me started.

[Tyler T]

[FRANKIE]

tyler t.
thanks... but when typing on an "american" keyboard, the "enie/enye" can be represented by i or y plus the following vowel. it's also entirely used in some dialects as well, including old spanish and some forms of old castellano (i speak castellano). this i learned in school in chile.

[NorCalStud686]

[Tyler T]

FRANKIE, i lose