SPAIN IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF MUSLIM HISTORY: Spain, which thought it was in the clear when it pulled out of Iraq following 4/11, now knows otherwise. Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a bombing yesterday that killed 24--"We will not be in peace until we set our foot again in our beloved al-Andalus"

From an article April 25, 2005, a year after the construction of The Great Mosque of Granada:

Many of Spain's Muslims long for an Islamic revival to reclaim their legendary history, and inaugurating the Great Mosque last year was the most visible gesture. But horrific bombings by Muslim extremists that killed nearly 200 people in Madrid on March 11 have forced Spain's Muslims and non-Muslims to reassess their relationship, and turned historical assumptions on their head.

...Unfortunately for Spain's Muslims, the militants who swear loyalty to Osama bin Laden are history buffs too. In claiming responsibility for the March bombings, they cited the loss of "Al Andalus" as motivation.

"We will continue our jihad until martyrdom in the land of Tarik Ben Ziyad," they said in a communique issued after the massacre, alluding to the Moorish warrior and original Islamic conqueror of the Iberian peninsula.

Muslim conquest and occupation is once again alive and well.

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