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Election day in Spain. Pretty good timing for a carnage. Victor sums it up: "If it was ETA vasque terrorist group, voters will favour PP, because PSOE is ruling in Catalonia along an independentist party, whose leader recently had a secret meeting with ETA in France. Later, ETA announced they won't attack in Catalonia, but denied it was because of the meeting. If it was an islamic terrorist group, voters will favour PSOE, because the goverment supported Bush in Irak war, against the feelings of 90% of the population. PSOE's candidate promised the retrait of spanish troops in Irak if the country is not under UN ruling."

So what do you do if a quarter of the entire population of the country you want to rule as the PP candidate is out on the streets protesting, two millions in Madrid alone? You have those demonstrations that want to question your information strategy declared illegal and name the people's voice "antidemocráticos actos de presión sobre las elecciones". This is the same Mariano Rajoy that tried to play down the Prestige desaster as long as possible - a man of experience.

RESOURCES
Wikipedia: March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks | PubSub feeds: keyword Madrid, postings with images, without images | Blogging in the Wind - Victor R. Ruiz's blog in English | BBC News In Depth: Madrid Train Attacks | Boing Boing: Flashmobs with a purpose: Protests in Madrid organized by SMS, chatrooms | Freytag: Erinnerung an Madrid: Die Attentate sind ein Anschlag auf die spanische Demokratie