1) Attack occured 911 days after 9/11

2) Van found with detonators and Islamic tape (as after 9/11)

3)No point in ETA bombing and then blaming Al Qaida

4) Spanish govt. needs to blame ETA or attack could be seen as govt.s fault for supporting unpopular war in Iraq (explosives analysed and blamed on ETA far too quickly)

5) Blaming ETA insures govt. victory in elections

6) "We, at the Abu Hafs brigades, have not felt sad for the so-called
civilians. Is it OK for you to kill our children, women, old people and
youth in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Kashmir? And is it forbidden to us
to kill yours?"

then it was unprecedented on two accounts.
firstly, eta (in common with the ira of yesteryear) tend to issue a prior warning.
secondly, eta has never carried out such a detailed and co-ordinated attack previously.
to me it holds all the hallmarks of islamic fundamentalists.
however, this, like the above post, is mere speculation. for all we know it could have been instigated by the state. afterall the popular party has stood resolute in its non-negotiatory stance with the "seperatist" movement of euskari herria and will undoubtedly reap electoral benefit from this happening.
alternatively, my mum? where was she and what was she up to these past few days?
i don't know and neither do you!!!!!

The facts about these terrible terrorist bombings would point away from eta - where it not for the fact that a truck load of explosives (500kg?) was seized recently on the way into madrid...

...and that last year there was aparently intelligence that eta was planning a railway station bombing.

get your crap off the newswire.