I think portuga is trying to describe how politcians can act for their own benefit without giving a sh*t for what the people is going through at a time like this. It's disgusting to use the tragic deth this way......
You've all seen the terrible sceens on TV or newpapers, lack of words!!!!!! Our love and compassion to the people in Spain and Madrid.Below taken from cbsnews.com
Protestors accused the government of withholding information to protect itself from political fall-out if the bombs were retaliation for its unpopular support of Washington in the war in Iraq, reports CBS News Correspondent Allen Pizzey.
The government had initially blamed the Thursday bombings, which killed at least 200 people and wounded about 1,200, on the Basque separatist group ETA.
Evidence of al Qaeda involvement grew after the government announced finding a videotape in a trash can Saturday on which a man says the Islamic terror group was punishing Spain for its support of the Iraq war. An Arabic-speaking man called a Madrid TV station to say the tape was there, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said.
More than 12 hours of analysis by mid-Sunday had yet to determine whether the videotape came from al Qaeda, said Acebes.
“Up to now we have not been able to identify the person in whose name responsibility for the attack was purportedly claimed,” he told a news conference. “Our reservations about the credibility remain.”
Nor had intelligence services in Spain, France, Britain and Portugal identified Abu Dujan al Afghani, described in the tape as “the military spokesman for al Qaeda in Europe,” said Acebes.
Many thought the ruling party was playing politics with the tape. “I didn't intend to vote, but changed my mind,” said Javi Martin, 30, who works for a TV station in Madrid. “And not because of the attacks, but because of the responsibility of the Popular Party. They gave out information drop by drop. It would have benefited them if it were ETA.”
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