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[3rd gen Navy]

There, but for the grace of God and the Swift Vets, go I....

Nice to know terrorists reward those who cave in.....

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14829281%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline=plot%2dto%2dbomb%2dreal%2dmadrid-name_page.html

PLOT TO BOMB REAL MADRID Nov 3 2004

By Gerard Couzens

POLICE have smashed a terrifying plot to bomb Real Madrid's ground.

Islamic extremists arrested last week had the Bernabeu stadium, where David Beckham and Michael Owen play, top of their hit list.

A police source said: "Thousands of people pack into Real Madrid's ground every other weekend. It would have been a massacre."

Two train stations and Madrid's highest building the 516ft Picasso Tower were also among their targets.

Police picked up 13 people around Spain in the second phase of Operation Nova last week. The first phase led to the arrest of a gang planning to blow up the Spanish parliament.

Both groups are thought linked to the March 11 bombers in which 191 people were killed.

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Warm Regards,
Sean G. Smith,
RN, BSN, EMT-B, U.S. Navy, 1994 - 2003.
BS Biology, Business Administration, Nursing
The Deal with Life: Make decisions based on what you might gain, not on what you may lose.
!!!!!! LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN !!!!!!

[Anker-Klanker]

And this comes just a couple of weeks after the terrorists were caught and thwarted in another bomb plot. If you recall, there was even something of a declared truce between Spain and Al Queda after Spain's election.

[RogerRabbit]

So much for the Spanish being rewarded for pulling their contingent of troops out of Iraq, woder if Spanish Prime Minister Jose Rodriguez Zapatero has a clean hankie to wipe the egg off his face.

Las felicitaciones Sr primer Ministro, usted lo sopló otra vez
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"Si vis pacem, para bellum"

[3rd gen Navy]

Letter Of Apology

Author unknown -
For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will remain an issue. On the one hand, right thinking Americans will abhor the stupidity of the actions while on the other hand, political glee will take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day My Lai massacre.

I heard some Arabs are asking for an apology. I humbly offer mine here:

I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and sacrificed the blood of our youth, it was in the defense of Muslims (Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait, etc.).

I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after 9/11.

I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Arabs.

I am sorry that Arabs have to live in squalor under savage dictatorships. I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth.

I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious schools.

I am sorry that Yassir Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and hijacked the Palestinian "cause."

I am sorry that no other Arab country will take in or offer more than a token amount of financial help to those same Palestinians.

I am sorry that the USA has to step in and be the biggest financial supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs blame the USA.

I am sorry that our own left wing elite and our media can't understand any of this.

I am sorry the United Nations scammed the poor people of Iraq out of the "food for oil" money so they could get rich while the common folk suffered.

I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of homicide bombers upon their death.

I am sorry that those same bombers are seeking 72 virgins. I can't seem to find one here on Earth.

I am sorry that the homicide bombers think babies are a legitimate target.

I am sorry that our troops died to free more Arabs.

I am sorry they show so much restraint when their brothers in arms are killed. I am sorry that Muslim extremists have killed more Arabs than any other group.

I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize control of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state.

I am sorry we don't drop a few dozen "Daisy Cutters" on Fallujah. (Note: a "Daisy Cutter" is a 10,000 lb bomb, used to clear helicopter landing zones)

I am sorry every time terrorists hide they find a convenient "Holy Site".

I am sorry they didn't apologize for driving a jet into the World Trade Center that collapsed and severely damaged Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church - one of our Holy Sites.

I am sorry they didn't apologize for flight 93 and 175, the USS Cole, the embassy bombings, etc.

I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village in Africa.

I am sorry the French are french?

America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those responsible because that is what we do. We hang out our dirty laundry for all the world to see. We move on. That's one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don't hide this stuff like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.

It was wrong. It dramatically hurts our cause, but until captured, we were trying to kill these same prisoners. Now we're supposed to wring our hands because a few were humiliated? Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own people killed, mutilated and burnt amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujans.

If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long wait. You have a better chance of finding those 72 virgins.
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Warm Regards,
Sean G. Smith,
RN, BSN, EMT-B, U.S. Navy, 1994 - 2003.
BS Biology, Business Administration, Nursing
The Deal with Life: Make decisions based on what you might gain, not on what you may lose.
!!!!!! LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN !!!!!!