This day in History...
The Madrid 3/11 Bombings and Spain’s Jihadist Networks
On the morning of March 11, 2004, Islamic militants detonated a series of explosives placed on four commuter trains in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 individuals and injuring an additional 1,800. It was the worst terrorist attack in modern European history.
Ten years later, Professor Fernando Reinares, a senior analyst within Elcano Royal Institute, has now published a definitive account of the attacks, entitled,¡Matadlos! Quién Estuvo Detrás del 11-M y Por Qué Se Atentó en España (Kill Them! Who Was Behind 3/11 and Why Spain Was Targeted). Reinares provides evidence showing that the decision to attack Spain was made in December 2001 in Pakistan by Moroccan Amer Azizi – previously a charismatic member of Al Qaeda’s Spanish Abu Dahdah cell – and that the Madrid bombing network began its formation in March 2002, more than one year before the start of the Iraq war. Al Qaeda’s senior leadership then approved the 3/11 plan by mid-October 2003, Reinares reveals. Today Spain battles the challenge of jihadist radicalization and recruitment networks that are sending fighters to join the wars in Syria and elsewhere.
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PLUS, you do NOT want to miss the MADRID chapter in my book "TERROR STRIKES: COMING SOON TO A CITY NEAR YOU" Historical-Fiction (I call it "FACTion" ) novel...
Send CINOs/RINOs a monopoly money message vlog!
This tells them more than you just hanging up on their Calls, use their postage-paid reply to envelopes against them!
more in attached vlog.
A Short Story: A Lasting Legacy?
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FIRST, Pardon, error on my part:
While processing the #SOUNDBITE accidentally put the wrong #episode #information onto the #Player box. This is S3E114 (dropped Sat. Aug. 23rd) not S3EAugSpecial5 (that is dropping Tue. Aug. 26th about #ProLife (ProLifeLeaders.net Founder) Stuart #Kellogg.
CTP S3E114 before Audio edits 22m 50s...
CTP S3E114 SHOW NOTES ( listen (Sat Aug 23 2025 and thereafter) at:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2210487/episodes/17636525-ctp-s3e114-drop-dead-gorgeous-vs-terminally-cute-the-beauty-theory-episode )...
Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, Faith / Religion, Human Nature, Politics, Social Issues, and beyond
See buzzsprout Transcript for fuller/extended Show Notes (inc. related links) and Transcript Bonus
Transcript Bonus: Beauty - Eye Of The Beholder BeforeItsNews piece
CTP (S3E114) Drop-Dead Gorgeous vs. Terminally Cute: The Beauty Theory Episode
Exploring more of the fascinating intersection of Activism, Community Engagement, ...
#Michigan #Conservative #Constitutionalist Activist (sums it up)
MORE about what you may want to know about me, via writings (and more detailed BIOs on those sites too (http://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitExtendedBio))...
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RedState (2008-2017) https://tinyurl.com/RedStateJLD
SSCE (Super Simple Computer Enterprises, my Computer company and Private posts sites by extension - 1980's - early 2000's) https://web.archive.org/web/20110530024904/http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-catagories.html (this lists other authors posted on my site too, my Articles are clearly marked and you can choose the LIST BY AUTHOR ("L" Lenard) to find just mine if you like.
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Love him or hate him, WHATEVER*,
#ThoughtsAndPrayers to the #Cheney family at the passing (and now #Funeral going on) of #DickCheney.
- and, YES, for me I very much BLAME Dick for the election of #obaMAO. WHY? HOW? Simple, everyone on the Planet knew Dick was NOT going to Run for #POTUS (after being #GWBush's VP) due to his Health issues - and I kept saying (nobody listened) that DICK SHOULD HAVE STEPPED DOWN FROM BEING VP in the latter half of GW's 2nd term SO THAT someone could have (even if it would have been John McLAME) been put in to finish out GW's 2nd term as #POTUS as his #VP putting them in better place to run as quasi-Presidential-incumbent (being in the # 2 slot, and GW could have, should have, whomever put in place of Dick; given that VP many visible things to do to put them in position of been VERY ACTIVE in Running the Nation going into the Election to replace GW as #POTUS). But, again, my PERSONAL disdain for the "supposedly so smart and savvy Politico DICK was, didn't step ...
Figuring out just what EXACTLY is going to be most interesting to more and rack up more views (on #video platforms) or listens (across my 25+ #audio platforms) of my Show episodes is rather "INTERESTING" to say the least. Something may HIT, but then something similar be a complete MISS, and vice-versa something a seemingly complete dud first go 'round but a similar follow-up TAKES OFF.
Like my MOST INTERACTED WITH #CTP #EPISODE (views on video, but not necessarily as much a HIT in audio version) being what seemed to me at the time as a bit of a throw-away about "NO, I AM NOT #SHAKESPEARE" (in fact, I often #Joke call me #ShakesJavelun - that in itself a very lamest of my lame #puns a bit of a throw-away #joke itself):
Before this one took off, my highest ranking Show episode was about #Kelce / #Swift engagement ( ) and before that 2 #science related pieces ( ...
