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MADRID BOMBING 2

The Madrid Bombing in 2004

Spain is a country that has a population of approximately 1.4 million people most of

whom are Muslims. The country’s proximate to North Africa led to it participating in the

attempt to curb the impact of increased terrorists in areas such as Iraq and Afghanistan. It is this

involvement of Spain in Iraq that is thought to be the basis of the commuter train bombing that

occurred on 11th March 2004. When the attack first happened, the authority blamed Eta which is

a Basque group and a terrorist organization labeled by both the United States and the European

Union. However, the team denied being involved in the attack after the anonymous phone calls

that were made to the Basque media outlet.

After thorough investigations by the police department, the attack was reported to have

been carried out by radical Islamists groups. The group was formed through the affiliated

network of Al Qaeda Jihadists who joined forces in the years 2002 to 2003 (Alonso, 2013). This

system was created by people from different areas with one of the member groups being the

remnants of the Combatant Group Cell from Moroccan Islamist. The other group that was

involved in this attack is the remnants of Al Qaeda group that had been present in Spain since

1990s. The last group of the network came from residents who were involved in criminal

activities such as drug trafficking and robbery. The total number of terrorists estimated to have

been involved in the attack was 27.

Investigations to determine who was responsible for this attack started with the police

looking at the nature of explosives used. The quality of the bombs was determined to be an

advanced form of the usual ETA dynamites which made them be among the suspects. However,

by making contacts with the group who denied being involved prompted the investigation team

to further their search to other groups leading them to the group that conducted the attack. The

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Running Head: MADRID BOMBING 1 Madrid Bombing Institutional Affiliation: Date: 2 MADRID BOMBING The Madrid Bombing in 2004 Spain is a country that has a population of approximately 1.4 million people most of whom are Muslims. The country’s proximate to North Africa led to it participating in the attempt to curb the impact of increased terrorists in areas such as Iraq and Afghanistan. It is this involvement of Spain in Iraq that is thought to be the basis of the commuter train bombing that occurred on 11th March 2004. When the attack first happened, the authority blamed Eta which is a Basque group and a terrorist organization labeled by both the United States and the European Union. However, the team denied being involved in the attack after the anonymous phone calls that were made to the Basque media outlet. After thorough investigations by the police department, the attack was reported to have been carried out by radical Islamists groups. The group was formed through the affiliated network of Al Qaeda Jihadists who joined forces in the years 2002 to 2003 (Alonso, 2013). This system was created by people from different areas with one of the member groups being the remnants of the Combatant Group Cell from Moroccan Islamist. The other group that was involved in this attack is the remnants of Al Qaeda group that had been present in Spain since 1990s. The last group of the network came from residents who were involved in criminal activities such as drug trafficking and r ...
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