Appeasement [to Islamists] Doesn't Pay!
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Submitted by Robert (Costa Rica), Feb 17, 2008 at 18:20

Appeasement Doesn't Pay!

2003 - Just when Spain has voted Zapatero in, and to withdraw its troops from Iraq, the Spanish authorities have been catching Islamic terrorists plotting against Spanish people, and have had their hands full ever since.

2005 - As soon as Israel gave a vital piece of its own land to the Arab "Palestinians", the Islamic Hamas terror with its genocidal ideology only rose among their mainstream.

France, who was spearheading the anti - Iraq - war campaign, has been targeted, like the 'Eiffel Tower' (2006), so was the attack on French tourists in Arab Muslim Mauritania (Dec. 2007).

Jan. 2008 Belgium that was also very vocal in the "anti war movement" was under serious terror alerts especially at its transportation system, from Islamic plotters.

Feb. 2008 - Just when Australia has voted towards the left and away from the "hawk" J. Howard, the Australians have been hearing about horrific confessions of Jihadists in terror plots, especially the "footy Jihad" to massacre at least a 1,000 people.

Here are some "random" info:

In his first broadcast after 11 September, bin Laden referred to Andalusia as a land that should be restored to Islam
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/mar/14/spain.alqaida1

Spain Arrested More Than 130 Suspects in Islamic Terrorism in '04 ...DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - Spain says it arrested more than 130 people last year suspected of involvement with Islamic terrorism, nearly half of them in ...
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30F1EFD3B5D0C758CDDA80894DD404482

The New York Times > International > Europe > Spain Arrested More ...5 - Spain said Wednesday that it arrested more than 130 people last year suspected of involvement with Islamic terrorism, nearly half of them in connection ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/international/europe/06spain.html

Spain: Europe's Biggest Trial Of Islamic Militants Brings 18 ...27 Sep 2005 ... Spain: Europe's Biggest Trial Of Islamic Militants Brings 18 Convictions. A court in the Spanish capital Madrid has sentenced to jail..
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2005/09/sec-050927-rferl02.htm

Jun 22, 2006 ... Poll: Two-Thirds Of Palestinians Support Hamas' Non-Recognition Of Israel. June 22, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Morton A. Klein, ...
http://www.zoa.org/2006/06/poll_twothirds.htm

PMW - Latest BulletinsAs Hamas seeks international recognition by softening its tone in English, in Arabic it continues the calls for genocide of Jews. ...
http://www.pmw.org.il/Bulletins_apr2007.htm

Spain arrests six suspected Islamic militant recruiters (Oct. 2007) MADRID (Thomson Financial) - Six people suspected of recruiting Islamic militants to send to Iraq have been arrested by Spanish police, the interior ...
http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/242007150739.htm

Police seize 'world jihad' team - CNN.com MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Six suspected Islamic militants were Wednesday arrested in northern Spain on suspicion of using the Internet to recruit for and plot ...
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/24/spain.arrests/index.html

Spain arrests suspected Islamic extremists - CNN.com More than 300 suspected Islamic extremists have been arrested in Spain since the Madrid train bombings killed 191 people and wounded more than 1800 on March ...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/14/soain.terror/index.html

Spain, France in tussle over handling of alleged terror plot in Barcelona ...
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/world_news&id=5945573

Spain on high alert after suspected Islamic militants arrested ...20 Jan 2008 ... fourteen suspected islamic militants arrested in spain yesterday may have been planning a terrorist attack in barcelona, officials warned.
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/spain-on-high-alert-after-suspected-islamic-militants-arrested-1269635.html

Spain: Seven arrested for financing Islamic terrorism Spain: Seven arrested for financing Islamic terrorism. Seven financiers of the tiny minority of extremists in three Spanish cities, with links to 10 others ...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/009351.php

Spanish police arrest 6 suspected jihad recruiters - International ...24 Oct 2007 ... MADRID: The authorities arrested six North Africans in Spain on Wednesday ... Spain has arrested hundreds of suspected jihadists in numerous ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/24/europe/arrests.php

Al-Qaida terror plot foiled, say French police... The French police are convinced that their country has escaped a planned chemical or biological attack by an Islamist cell linked to al-Qaida.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/jan/12/alqaida.france

Al-Qaida terror plot foiled, say French police. Jon Henley in Paris ... late last year that France had successfully foiled "quite a few" terrorist plots: ...
www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,1120823,00.html

CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Spain, France in tussle over Barcelona ...But the aftermath has left Spain looking bad, repaying France for its help on a major terror plot by apparently blowing the cover of its agents. ...
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2008/02/08/4836254-ap.html

(Jan. 2008) Terror plot to blow up Eiffel Tower uncovered | the Daily Mail, Spy chiefs have uncovered a plot by Islamic terrorists to blow up the Eiffel Tower. ... A police source close to France's DST intelligence agency said...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=507760&in_page_id=1811&ito=newsnow

Mauritania blames killings on terrorist cell - Africa - msnbc.com 25 Dec 2007 ... Mauritania's interior minister blamed a terrorist sleeper cell ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22389184/

Report: Terror threat in France remains 'quite high,' presidential ...12 Feb 2008 ... PARIS: The threat of a terrorist attack in France remains "quite high," ... of Mauritania, "lead one to think that the threat is quite high. ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/12/europe/EU-GEN-France-Terror-Threat.php

Fourteen arrested in Belgian terror plot - Telegraph, Belgian police have arrested fourteen Islamic extremists suspected to be planning a raid to free an man imprisoned for planning a terror attack on a US air ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/21/wbelgium121.xml

BBC NEWS | Europe | Belgium police hold 17 in 'plot' The main suspect is a serving military man "who intended to put terrorist ideas into practice," it added. Belgium has seen an increase...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5325198.stm

[Islamic] 'Gang planned footy Jihad' | News.com.au mobile | Top Stories A GROUP of Melbourne men planned terrorist attacks on football games or train...
http://m.news.com.au/TopStories/fi136209.htm

Football crowds targets in terror plot, court told
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Feb 13, 2008
A HOME-GROWN Muslim terror group bent on violent jihad aimed to bomb football grounds and train stations to inflict maximum loss of life, ...
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23209931-661,00.html

Terror accused told to kill 1,000 in Australia - [ 'FOOTBALL JIHAD']
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hRzIXHiPMUG6GG-_W6tzEHhDu7Qw

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