"Because of this decision, the leadership has decided to stop all operations within the Spanish territories... until we know the intentions of the new government that has promised to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq," the statement said. "And we repeat this to all the brigades present in European lands: Stop all operations." "The Spanish people... chose peace by choosing the party that was against the alliance with America,"
The statement said it supported U.S. President George W. Bush in his reelection campaign, and would prefer him to win in November rather than the Democratic candidate John Kerry, as it was not possible to find a leader "more foolish than you (Bush), who deals with matters by force rather than with wisdom."
"Kerry will kill our nation while it sleeps because he and the Democrats have the cunning to embellish blasphemy and present it to the Arab and Muslim nation as civilisation."
"Because of this we desire you (Bush) to be elected."
↑続き The group said its cells were ready for another attack and time was running out for allies of the United States.
"Whose turn is it next? Will it be Japan or America, or Italy, Britain or Oslo or Australia?" the statement said, adding Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were also targets.
The group is named after Muhammed Atef, also known as Abu Hafs, a close bin Laden aide killed in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
ユーロポール強化路線 Graham Watson (head of the Liberal Democratic Party in the European Parliament, who two years ago, drafted Europe's action plan on terror)へのインタビュー what I think we need to avoid is the temptation that some people are falling into to set-up new agencies or institutions, to create new posts. We already have the agencies. Europol is perfectly capable of dealing with this… http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1069476.htm
Europol, which already has a clear anti-terrorism mandate, should be used more and better. Member States need to provide Europol with the information and intelligence it needs to do its job properly, in particular in the area of prevention and investigation of terrorist attacks. Member States should consider it their duty to give the Europol Terrorism Task Force with all operational information, not just limited and filtered strategic and technical intelligence. It is also imperative that Member State respect the target dates imposed by the Council for ratification of the three protocols amending the EUROPOL convention; etc
>>692 694 の続詳報 Spain 'overlooked' terror warnings http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9021196%255E1702,00.html モロッコとの政治対立ためにスペインはテロリスト活動に関するモロ ッコからの情報に充分な注意を払わなかったのではないか A HIGH-level Moroccan official said today that Spain did not pay enough attention to intelligence and security warnings from Morocco before deadly terror bombings in Spain.
Belgian authorities say anti-terrorist police are holding a suspect over the suicide bomb attacks in the Moroccan city of Casablanca last year. Police raided around 20 houses in Brussels, where the unnamed suspect was detained, and other Belgian cities.