(2004-03-16) -- Spain's newly-elected socialist prime minister today declared the start of a "new era of protection from terror" as he cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the al Qaeda embassy in downtown Madrid.

The building, formerly known as the U.S. Embassy, will house the offices and "manufacturing facilities" of the global religious social services organization headed by renowned philosopher Usama bin Laden.

"Spain's involvement in the war on terror caused the recent train station bombings," said Prime Minister-elect José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. "Now that the Spanish people have elected a socialist government, and embraced al Qaeda's diplomats, we have nothing to fear. Al Qaeda has promised to protect us from extremists like those at the U.S. White House and Pentagon."

Mr. Zapatero said he was "pleasantly surprised at al Qaeda's reasonable pricing for high-quality protection."

You must be with the HAMAS.

The last spectacular closing of an embassy that specialized in training terrorists and torturers happened in 1979 in Tehran. Its boss was Jimmy Carter, the "human rights" specialist.

some countries just don't have balls. Spain used to a few centuries ago when it conquered half the globe. not so now.

all that remains is for the terrorists to use a bomb strapped to a bull.

Hail. Have a good day, my socialist friends. If not, we will subsidize you until you do.

I hope the terrorists don't strap a bomb to a beer keg down at the tavern, Walker baby. You'll be done for. But maybe they'll just put the bombs in bookstores; you'll be safe and sound.

he still can't find his walker, so he chairborne now.

It's called the American Embassy. Direct communication with George bin-Bush has been going since January of 2001.

"Now we know that no other president of the United States has ever lied so baldly and so often and so demonstrably ... The presumption now has to be that he's lying any time that he's saying anything."

-Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and friend of Bush's father

Sounds like a disgruntled former employee. The kind that walks into the workplace a few days after getting fired later and starts shooting.

Barney, you write like you think you have anything intelligent to say.

Just once I'd like to see it.

US govt. "ANDS OFF THE WORLD,ALLTOGETHER".

YOU, YOU,YOU DID MADRID´s BOMBING.

YOU ARE THE TERRORISTS.

McGovern is a lot saner than the right wing yahools who post nonsense on this board; I've heard him speak a number of times on Pacifica Radio. At least we probably don't have to worry about Barney going postal; he sounds like he's hard-core unemployable to me.