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Detonators and Arabic Tape of Verses From Koran Found Near Madrid NewsMax.com WiresMADRID, Spain – Police probing the Madrid terrorist attacks found a van with detonators and an Arabic-language tape with Koranic verses, and officials said they were not ruling out any line of investigation. The van was found in the town of Alcala de Henares outside Madrid after a tip from neighbors. On the front seat police found seven detonators and the tape, Interior Minister Angel Acebes told a news conference. "Because of this, I have just given instructions to the security forces not to rule out any line of investigation," Acebes said. He said the armed Basque group ETA remained the "main line of investigation" in the deadly blasts.
Three of the trains bombed Thursday originated in Alcala de Henares, and one passed through it, the state rail company RENFE said. Threat From bin Laden
Arnold Otegi, leader of Batasuna, an outlawed Basque party linked to the armed separatist group, denied it was behind the blasts and suggested "Arab resistance" elements were guilty, such as al-Qaida.
Spain backed the Iraq war. In an audiotape released in the Arab world in October, a voice purported to be Osama bin Laden threatened nations helping America in Iraq. "We reserve the right to respond at the appropriate time and place against all the countries participating in this unjust war, particularly Britain, Spain, Australia, Poland, Japan and Italy," the voice said.
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