Over 600 years ago Spain ruled half the world and it was the supreme military power of the time.
It’s the land where my forefathers came from and I have always been proud of that. However, the majesty and character of those heady days are long gone and Spain today is less than a shell of its former self.
I’m ashamed to share Spanish blood because its governmental leaders have become a bunch of quivering cowards.
Spain has dishonored themselves and their once proud history by paying off al Qaeda terrorists.
The UK Telegraph reports that Albert Vilalta, 35 and Roque Pascual, 50 were reunited with their families in Barcelona, early on Tuesday after being freed from the desert camp in Mali, where they had been held captive for 268 days.
The Spanish government has declined to comment on reports that they paid out nearly seven million euros to secure the release of three workers who were seized last November when traveling across Mauritania in a convoy, distributing aid for the NGO Barcelona Solidarity Action.
One of the hostages, Alicia Gamez, 39, was freed in March following an initial payment of 3.8 million euros (£3.1 million), of which more than half was siphoned off by intermediaries.
A report in El Mundo, the Spanish daily newspaper, said further payments totaling three million euros (2.5m POUNDS) were paid in April and May.
But it was not until the release of a Mali national jailed in Mauritania for masterminding the kidnap that the remaining two hostages were freed. The al-Qa’eda affiliate had demanded his return as a condition for the release of the remaining two aid workers.
A statement by al-Qa’eda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) said the hostages “were set free in return for responding to some of our demands”.
The statement, sent in an audio clip to Spanish media, said it should be a lesson to France, which mounted a failed military attempt last month to free a French hostage held by the same group.
That raid, mounted with Mauritanian forces, left six militants dead. In retaliation, AQMI later executed the hostage, ailing 78-year-old aid worker Michel Germaneau.
“This is a lesson the French politicians should comprehend very well in the future,” the statement said. “It was possible to deal rationally with the Mujahedeen. It was possible to avoid the aggravation, irritation and anger that led to the killing of their national.”
Spain has become an ATM machine for terrorists who will snatch Spanish nationals knowing all along that Spain will prefers disgrace to danger.
Spain, you make me sick!
Don't Leave Without Clicking Other Great Stories in The Last Tradition. Tell two friends about this blog
