Spain is worried after the terrorist bombings in North Africa

"The bombings perpetrated on Tuesday in Casablanca and yesterday [April 11th] in Algeria show that the Al-Qaeda organisation is very active in North Africa", considers the daily. "This escalation of terrorism is particularly worrying for Spain. This is not only because of geographic proximity, but above all because of the fact that the Salafist groups operating in these countries have ramifications here. The link between the 2004 bombings in Madrid and the 2003 Casablanca bombings is no mere coincidence. There are many North Africans sitting as suspects in the docks of the trial of the March 11th terrorist attacks and it is in this same nebulous assortment of radical groups that we should seek networks operating in Spanish towns, recruiting youths who are ready to go and immolate themselves in Iraq. ... Police cooperation between Spain and its southern neighbours is fundamental, as are policies that help development in societies that are lagging behind and where youths are stimulated by Islamist fundamentalism."

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