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>Terreurgroep Madrid mogelijk "niet-bestaand"

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>De terreurgroep die de bloedige aanslagen in Madrid van 11 maart 2004 heeft geclaimd, en gelieerd zou zijn aan Al Qaeda, lijkt niet werkelijk te bestaan, aldus Amerikaanse intel-officieren en terreurspecialisten:

WASHINGTON — A group purporting to be part of Al Qaeda that claimed responsibility for the Madrid train bombings and warned of a looming attack on the United States seems to be a phantom organization, according to US intelligence officials and terrorism specialists.

In a 24-hour news cycle dominated by fears of terrorism, the latest e-mail from the Abu Hafs al Masri Brigade to a London-based Arabic newspaper sowed anxiety and drew instant headlines all over the world.

But specialists say there is no evidence the organization exists. E-mail messages purporting to be written by the group previously claimed responsibility for everything from the North American blackout to a suicide attack that killed 20 Italian policemen in Iraq. But none of those claims has proved true, intelligence specialists say.

The latest message warned that an attack against the United States is “90 percent ready.” Lees verder op Boston.com


Zeg mij maar na: de war on terror is fake! Ik wist wel dat je het kon! (ooit van Gladio gehoord?)