*Ø* Blogmanac | Is something rotten in the state of Spain?

Does it strike anyone else as peculiar that Al Qaeda would: claim responsibility for its bombings in the 1990s (as terrorist groups tend to do); then clearly and repeatedly deny having executed the 9-11 events; and now claim responsibility for the Spanish tragedy and point out that the Spanish bombings commemorated the 2-and-a-half-year anniversary of 9-11?

Let's not forget that bin Laden said that although he was pleased that the WTC was destroyed, he condemned the killing of its occupants, and emphatically stated that his organisation didn't do it. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't. But something's fishy and out of character with an organisation that, according to the conventional wisdom, chops and changes in its propaganda about its activities.

I don't have the answers, but I think I smell the stench of Operation Northwoods again and again. I wonder if in a few years time another Judge Sirica will be asking Dubya: "What happened to the 18 minutes of tape, Mr President?"