Madrid Attacks May Have Targeted Election
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Evidence has lent support to a theory that the strike was timed to take place before an election in hopes of influencing voters.
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people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed. In a second dawn attack in the capital on Friday, guerrillas killed at
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Video footage of the moment bombs exploded in a Madrid train station have been shown on Spanish television. The 11 March security camera footage shows people leaving Atocha station after one device has already exploded.
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MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday blamed Islamic radicals linked to Al Qaeda for the March 11 attacks that killed 191 people in Madrid and called for a cross-party pact ...
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Spanish officials say seven suspected Islamic militants arrested in raids across the country Monday and Tuesday were plotting to bomb the National Court building in Madrid.
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MADRID: Five small explosive devices were detonated overnight at Madrid service stations along busy highways after a telephone warning from the armed Basque separatist group ETA.
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Spain&#39;s prime minister has rejected claims that his election victory was the result of voters bowing to terror in the wake of the Madrid bombings.
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Fourteen suspected Islamic militants arrested in Spain on Saturday may have been planning a terrorist action in Barcelona, the interior minister said.
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At least 43 people were killed as insurgents launched a string of attacks on Iraqi security forces and other targets on Tuesday, raising questions about landmark elections next month.
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The attack underscored the fragility of the electoral process in Iraq and evoked the lurking threat of sectarian strife.
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Eight suspected terrorists arrested in Spain this week were planning to bomb the national court in Madrid, police said yesterday. The suicide attack on the building, a nerve
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The violence started in response to a flawed election, but it reveals a rift that may be beyond politicians' control
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an October 9 election, according to a poll trend, as terror fears overshadow a closely fought campaign. repeatedly over the US-led war on Iraq.
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The result was a boost to the Bush administration, which lost Spain as a coalition ally in March when a horrific terrorist attack on commuter trains in Madrid tipped the balance in parliamentary elections, and ...
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SPAIN&#39;S Prime Minister has accused the government he succeeded of ordering the destruction of all computer records on the March 11 Madrid train bombings in an attempt to influence the outcome of the election held three days later.
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Lawmakers investigating the Madrid train bombings censured the previous government's handling of the attack, while former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar insisted Monday the Socialists might not have ousted his party were it not for Spain's worst terrorist assault.
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MADRID  - Seven bombs went off in as many Spanish cities within the space of half an hour, slightly injuring five people, after anonymous callers claiming to speak for the underground Basque separatist group ETA told a Basque newspaper to expect the