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...After Madrid, Who's Next? The bombs of March 11 rocked Spain to its core [March 29], and we are all suffering and asking why. The day after the attack, 11.5 million people across this nation took to the streets in solidarity to demonstrate against terrorism. The time has come for a comprehensive and centralized global counterterrorism organization. Existing agencies, such as Europol (European Police Office), have often proved ineffective, and police officials have preferred to contact one another personally instead of using a centralized institution. The warmhearted and hardworking Spanish people will surely endure, but as in New York...
...days after the terrible massacre in Madrid, the Spanish people showed great unity, courage and maturity. The demonstrations all across Spain told the world that peace and justice will never be beaten by terrorism. It was the Spanish government's failure to provide truthful information about the bombs that gave rise to the greatest confusion. The government's disinformation was a major cause of the defeat of Aznar and his party. First among all the causes that provoked the vote against Aznar, however, was his arrogance in defying the will of his people, who did not want to get involved...
...elections in Spain dramatically changed the political mood in Poland. Everybody who has been following the past year's political turmoil started to feel deeply uneasy when the Spanish election results were announced. Poles really hoped that Poland and Spain could be political allies, especially since we stood together and took part in the Iraq invasion, an unpopular move opposed by most of Europe. Now Poles are afraid that they will be left alone to face frosty relations with the other European states. The situation is a good example of how, in the global village, events in one country...
Elected in one of the most fraught moments of Spain's modern history, the government of Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero takes office this week in an atmosphere of preternatural calm. On Saturday the Prime Minister, 43, was sworn in at Zarzuela Palace in the presence of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, with a Bible, a gold crucifix and a copy of the Spanish constitution before him. The changeover is more than merely ceremonial. Yes, the early days of Zapatero's government - like the final days of his predecessor's - will be overshadowed...
...must put an end to their violence," says Rosa Díez, a Basque Socialist member of the European Parliament. "We will not pay a political price to end terrorism." Alas, terrorists aren't necessarily swayed by political logic. Despite high hopes in the Basque Country and elsewhere in Spain that ETA would declare a truce, the organization has been silent on that prospect. Zabaleta says that since a previous ETA cease-fire in 1998, which it broke 14 months later, the organization has been split between older members who would accept an unconditional truce and younger militants who would...