Yes, I live in Madrid and we are okay, but it was a terrible day.

Past Wednesday (11th), when the sun left, Terrorists placed several bombs (hidden in backpacks) in some trains in Madrid: it was the worse terrorist attack in Europe the last decades.

200 persons died, a thousand injuried. A lot of bodies and families were destroyed in a massive murder without reason neither justification.

Attack was probably made by ETA or a islamic group, or both. ETA is a Basque terrorist group, similar to IRA in England, which died 800 persons in past years. ETA tried this same attack several times last months, but police could stop it.

But perhaps ETA is not the author now: past wednesday, a backpack did not exploit in a train, and a mobile telephone into it permitted to police to capture five arab persons: perhaps they aren't authors, but they collaborate...

And tomorrow, there are elections in Spain. We will have a new government, a new president (not more Aznar). Terrorism and fanatism wanted to influence in the vote, but nobody know how it will influence. But probably, if attack was made by islamic terrorism, political party leaded by Aznar (right) will go down (because Aznar supported USA and England war against Irack, and this attack may be seen as a result of it), and socialism (left) go up...

I want to thank you, Mike, for your reference. And I want thank american and european governs and peoples for their condolences.

President Bush and his wife went to Spanish Embassy personally: Americans can remember their WTC massive attack (a 11th day also), and they are specially sensitive to terrorism.

I hope all humans will learn, some day, that nothing worth more than a human life.

Today, some candles light up in memory of persons dead by fanatism.

Thanks.


[This message has been edited by Artaher (edited 03-13-2004).]