Madrid - A very European tragedy
thetruthwillout | 12.03.2004 16:09
Is Madrid's tragedy a very european affair rather than Spain's 9/11? The media and the leaders of the world cry "ETA!", "Al Qaida!" But what of europe's not so distant past experiences of right wing acts of terrorism?
Perhaps it's not as straightforward as it seems:
From today's World Socialist Web Site:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/mar2004/madr-m12.shtml
"It cannot be ruled out that Spanish state forces or rightists linked to the government were involved in the bombings. It would not be the first time that such provocations have been staged in order to cement the grip of an unpopular regime.
One notable example is the CIA-authored Operation “Gladio,” which involved a series of bomb outrages in Italy in the 1970s. These terrorist crimes were carried out to counter the growing influence of the Italian Communist Party and shift politics to the right, as part of a “strategy of tension.” The Italicus train near Bologna was targeted in 1974, and in 1980 a bomb was exploded in the Bologna station’s waiting room, killing 85 people.
Whoever carried out the bombings, however, the effect is the same. Such is the reactionary role played by terrorism that it is difficult to know where bankrupt politics ends and state provocation begins."
Mr Berslusconi, presumed member of the infamous italian shadowy masonic lodge P2 that was found previously to be attempting to overthrow the italian government is on his way to stand shoulder to shoulder with Aznar in the run up to his election campaign.
The circle turns.
From today's World Socialist Web Site:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/mar2004/madr-m12.shtml "It cannot be ruled out that Spanish state forces or rightists linked to the government were involved in the bombings. It would not be the first time that such provocations have been staged in order to cement the grip of an unpopular regime.
One notable example is the CIA-authored Operation “Gladio,” which involved a series of bomb outrages in Italy in the 1970s. These terrorist crimes were carried out to counter the growing influence of the Italian Communist Party and shift politics to the right, as part of a “strategy of tension.” The Italicus train near Bologna was targeted in 1974, and in 1980 a bomb was exploded in the Bologna station’s waiting room, killing 85 people.
Whoever carried out the bombings, however, the effect is the same. Such is the reactionary role played by terrorism that it is difficult to know where bankrupt politics ends and state provocation begins."
Mr Berslusconi, presumed member of the infamous italian shadowy masonic lodge P2 that was found previously to be attempting to overthrow the italian government is on his way to stand shoulder to shoulder with Aznar in the run up to his election campaign.
The circle turns.
thetruthwillout