Europe faced with terrorist threat

"Spain is a very vulnerable country today", writes the analyst Rafael Bardaji, an expert in international relations. "It is very vulnerable for two reasons: Firstly, because it remains in the line of fire of international jihadism, and secondly because the government hasn't prepared itself enough to face up to this permanent threat and has not educated the population in order to resist it. On the contrary, in the eyes of our enemies, we are weaker than ever at the moment. Al-Qaeda is not an inoffensive organisation that is contented to instil fear by brandishing ominous names. It has demonstrated on several occasions that it intends to act and that, when it can it does so without showing the least compassion. ... Spain is vulnerable and it will become more so every day under this government. It is this weakness that most spurs the terrorists. Mr Rodriguez Zapatero has forced us down on our knees in the face of terror."

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