http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-madridprevention/article_1787.jsp Comments for "The Madrid bombings: the 'war on terror' comes to Europe, Paul Rogers " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-madridprevention/article_1787.jsp <p> Whoever was responsible for the atrocities on the Madrid railway system on Thursday 11 March, the implications will go far beyond the traumatic effects on the bereaved and injured. </p> <p> If the Basque separatist organisation, Euskadi ta Askatasuna (&quot;Basque homeland and liberty&quot;, ETA), had any involvement, the domestic security implications for the incoming Spanish government will be profound. The Madrid attacks were so substantial, and so precisely organised to kill and injure large numbers of people, that they would represent an action of a far greater order of magnitude than anything previously attempted by ETA. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-madridprevention/article_1787.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-madridprevention/article_1787.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-madridprevention/article_1787.jsp#comment europe conflicts democracy &amp; power after madrid: war, prevention, dialogue? european security global security Original Copyright Paul Rogers Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0000 1787 at http://www.opendemocracy.net