madrid bombing: al qaida or the basques?

al qaida sent out another tape today claiming responsibility and threatening more bloodshed.

okay, it was probably not the basques...they just wouldn't do something so "al qaida" and on the 11th to boot.

the interesting thing about this new tape is that it is not a bin laden tape...why, one wonders?

is there any credibility to the report that the US already captured him and Bush doesn't want the word leaked until closer to election time (pulling the old ronald reagan trick that made sure carter lost)?

his capture would certainly make an attack on spain more sensible and likely.

and...has everyone already forgotten that france averted a similar disaster last month when it discovered a lot of explosives set in its subway system?

hmmm...definitely not the basques.