Thought this was a chilling report because of how easy it seems they were able to get the explosives.
They warehouse dynamite unguarded I suppose. I think that governments are going to have to more tightly regulate access to dynamite and other dangerous explosives. I know this would make business more expensive to conduct for those businesses who legitimately use dynamite, but times have changed.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAI4SH32SD.html
Quote:
Report: Spaniard Led Four Moroccans to Mine to Steal Dynamite Used in Madrid Bombings
MADRID, Spain (AP) - A Spaniard with a criminal record led four Moroccans to an explosives warehouse at a mine to steal dynamite used in the Madrid terror bombings, a newspaper reported Saturday.
The unidentified Spaniard, a former miner in the northern Asturias region, was among five people arrested Thursday. He insisted he only led the Moroccans to the warehouse and did not help with the robbery or know the Moroccans had Islamic extremist links, El Pais reported, quoting police sources.
The Spaniard has a record for drug and weapons possession, the newspaper said. The Moroccans remain at large and have not been identified, it added.
. . .
The Spaniard arrested in Asturias told police he had met the four Moroccans in January in a bar in the Lavapies district of Madrid, El Pais said.
That's where one suspect, Jamal Zougam, had a cellular telephone store to which police have traced a cell phone found attached to a bomb that failed to explode.
The Moroccans told the Spaniard they ran a mine in Morocco but had trouble obtaining explosives. The Spaniard offered to help them get dynamite, and in return was apparently given drugs, El Pais said.
. . .
Police think all or part of the estimated 220 pounds of dynamite used in the Madrid bombings came from that warehouse, the paper said.
|
