Steve,

You know the old saying, "Boys will be boys" the same holds true for Islamic

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-------------- Original message from Steve Milo <slavik914-at-mrbrklyn.com>: --------------


>
> I can almost see the reaction of the leftist wagging their finger saying
> 'we told you so, you shouldnt have gone into the middle east'.
> The attacks would never have stopped regardless of our military actions.
>
> Steve M
>
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Ruben Safir wrote:
>
> >
> > Madrid Bombing Suspect Had Grand Central Sketch
> > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> >
> > Published: March 2, 2005
> >
> >
> >
> > Filed at 1:48 p.m. ET
> >
> > MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A sketch of New York's Grand Central Terminal was
> > found a year ago in the home of a suspect in the Madrid train bombings,
> > Spanish and U.S. officials said Wednesday.
> >
> > The sketch and data were on a computer disk seized about two weeks after
> > the March 11 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 people last year,
> > the newspaper El Mundo said.
> >
> >
> > Advertisement
> >
> >
> >
> > In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the FBI had informed the
> > Police Department about the existence of the data on the computer and
> > the city responded by tightening security at transit centers.
> >
> > ``We've known about the data on the computer for a long time,'' said
> > Bloomberg, interviewed on WBLS Radio. ``We've taken the appropriate
> > steps `back when' to beef up security at all of the major transportation
> > hubs -- train stations and airports and bus stations, places where you
> > say if a terrorist wanted to attack, they would.''
> >
> > ``We looke!
d at all

of our transportation facilities and we think we've
> > taken appropriate steps. ... It's sad we're in a world where you have to
> > worry about it, but you do,'' he added.
> >
> > Spanish police turned the disk over to the U.S. agents from the FBI and
> > CIA in December once they understood the scope of the technical data,
> > the report said.
> >
> > On Wednesday at Grand Central, visible security seemed at its usual high
> > level, with National Guard, machine-gun-toting law enforcers and
> > bomb-sniffing dogs.
> >
> > ``I'm used to this,'' said Elaine Weaver, a tourist from Bristol,
> > England, who was passing through the terminal. ``We're used to bomb
> > scares everywhere. So you're careful but it doesn't deter me.''
> >
> > A U.S. Embassy official confirmed that American law enforcement
> > authorities received information related to Grand Central Terminal from
> > Spanish authorities in December. The official declined to go into
> > detail.
> >
> > However, a Spanish police official said Spanish and U.S. authorities
> > don't lend much credibility to the sketch, saying it is not even clear
> > it is supposed to be a picture of Grand Central Terminal.
> >
> > The official said the drawing's depiction of the station's facade was
> > similar to that of the actual building but otherwise the drawing was
> > vague.
> >
> > A U.S. law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity,
> > also described the sketch as ``very rudimentary.''
> >
> > The Spanish police official confirmed the sketch was found in the home
> > of Mouhannad Almallah, a Syrian who was arrested in Madrid on March 24
> > but later released, although he is still considered a suspect. >> &g

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> > Almallah was questioned over his alleged ties to two suspects jailed in
> > connection with the attack after witnesses placed them aboard trains
> > targeted in the string of 10 bombs, El Mundo said.
> >
> > A total of 24 people are in jail over the attack, although at least 40
> > more who were arrested and released are still considered suspects.
> >
> > Three other accused Islamic militants were indicted on charges of using
> > Spain as a staging ground for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. They
> > are expected to go on trial next month, along with 21 other men accused
> > of belonging to al-Qaida.
> >
> > One of the three, Ghasoub al Abrash Ghayoun, a Syrian, traveled to the
> > United States in 1997 and took video footage of the Twin Towers, the
> > Golden Gate Bridge and other landmarks and passed the video on to
> > al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan, Spanish judges and prosecutors say.
> > These officials say the video was too detailed to have been simply for
> > tourism.
> >
> > After the Madrid attack, security around New York City's subways and
> > commuter points, such as Grand Central and Penn Station, were ratcheted
> > above the already-high post-9/11 levels.
> >
> > Peter Kalikow, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
> > said at the time that the chance of a transit attack in New York was
> > ``diminished, but possible.'' He added that if an emergency occurred,
> > ``100 guys would show up right away.'' He refused to disclose exact
> > numbers.
> >
> > Kalikow also said the MTA's chief of security had been in London at the
> > time of the Spain bombing and was sent to Madrid to observe the
> > situation.
> >
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