http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/11mtrial080607 Comments for "Lost in translation, Luisa Barrenechea " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/11mtrial080607 <p>During these last sessions of the Madrid bombing trial, words like dinitrotoluene, titadine, nitroglycerine, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goma-2"><strong>Goma2</strong></a> have turned the proceedings into a chemistry class in which the lawyers, judge and jury, like scientists, can&#39;t afford to allow one detail to escape.</p> <p><span class="pullquote_new">Luisa Barrenechea is a lawyer and researcher of European counter-terrorism at<a href="/madrid11/madrid_trial_esp_060707" target="_blank"> FRIDE</a> in Madrid.</span>Eight experts declared that what exploded (according to numerous samples which they took from the scenes of the attacks) was unsurprisingly &quot;dynamite&quot;. They differed with respect to the degree of contamination of the explosive samples, and noted that the specific type &quot;explosive cannot be determined because after the explosion component additives disappeared&quot;. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/11mtrial080607" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/11mtrial080607">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/articles/11mtrial080607#comment 11-M trial Creative Commons normal democratic society Luisa Barrenechea rule of law terrorism Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 KVB Tharoor 33961 at http://www.opendemocracy.net