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The Catalonians (probably related to the catamites) have been in the news the past few weeks, first trying to hold a referendum (which was interfered with by the Spanish government) on independence, then this past week their parliament declared formal independence. Now the Spanish government has dismissed the Catalonian's government and has vowed to take over - setting the stage for a possible civil war.
So the question here is - should we care? Spain was wracked with a civil war in the 1930's - between a bunch of communists and Generalissimo Francisco Franco (who is still dead). Whose side would you have taken then? I'd take a pass.
From the outside the whole country of Spain looks like a bunch of cathylick Taco eating Mexicans. Further in there is a "diverse" collection of "ethnics" that like to dress in costumes and fight over just how to clap their hands to their "ethnic" music.
In 711 the whole country was overrun by the mooselimbs, and it took them until 1492 to expel the last of them - which suggests that they are right up (or down) there with the Italians in fighting ability (who put 27 bullet holes in Mussolini's head? - 5,000 Italian marksmen).
You would think that given all the bloodshed and carnage that Spain historically suffered under the "religion of peace" that they would be reticent to have anything to do with mooselimbs. But sure enough, like the rest of the stupid EU, they've been inviting them back in with open arms.
According to this "source", the Catalonians are preparing to establish the first mooselimb Caliphate in Europe.
So the question here is - should we care? Spain was wracked with a civil war in the 1930's - between a bunch of communists and Generalissimo Francisco Franco (who is still dead). Whose side would you have taken then? I'd take a pass.
From the outside the whole country of Spain looks like a bunch of cathylick Taco eating Mexicans. Further in there is a "diverse" collection of "ethnics" that like to dress in costumes and fight over just how to clap their hands to their "ethnic" music.
In 711 the whole country was overrun by the mooselimbs, and it took them until 1492 to expel the last of them - which suggests that they are right up (or down) there with the Italians in fighting ability (who put 27 bullet holes in Mussolini's head? - 5,000 Italian marksmen).
You would think that given all the bloodshed and carnage that Spain historically suffered under the "religion of peace" that they would be reticent to have anything to do with mooselimbs. But sure enough, like the rest of the stupid EU, they've been inviting them back in with open arms.
According to this "source", the Catalonians are preparing to establish the first mooselimb Caliphate in Europe.
WARNING: This Fake News source should be regarded with suspicion, and is known to be biased towards Democrats, Obama / Clinton, RINO's, and the rest of the Deep State Washington D.C. Elitist Swamp.
Barcelona’s strong ties to radical Islam
A quarter of those arrested in Spain for having jihadist ties in recent years were in Catalonia.
By Giulia Paravicini
8/18/17, 8:44 PM CET
Updated 8/20/17, 12:57 PM CET
The choice of Barcelona as a target for terrorists came as little surprise to security experts in Spain and elsewhere in Europe because of Catalonia’s links to jihadists and Salafism, a radical form of Islam.
Catalonia has been the main hub of jihadist recruitment in Spain for more than a decade and radical Islamists consider it to be occupied land that should be part of a future Islamic caliphate. The region is home to approximately 510,000 Muslims, more than a quarter of the total number in Spain, according to a demographic study by the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain.
“The Catalan province, especially the area surrounding Tarragona (a port city in northeastern Catalonia), have been a Salafi hotbed for years, and one of the reasons is that it houses the highest numbers of Salafist mosques in Europe,” said Lorenzo Vidino, director of a program on extremism at George Washington University and author of a study on Salafism in Catalonia.
Between 2013 and 2016, 178 people described as being Salafists or having jihadist sympathies were arrested in Spain, and a quarter of those came from Barcelona and the surrounding area, according to data compiled by the Real Instituto Elcano, a Madrid-based think tank.
That proportion becomes much higher when looking at those who were sentenced. According to the Real Instituto Elcano, 37.5 percent of those jailed for jihadi terrorist activities in Spain between 2004 and 2012 were based in Catalonia.
Mohamed Atta, the Egyptian-born pilot of the first plane that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh, a Yemeni who liaised between the September 11 terror cell and the al-Qaeda leadership, met in the coastal towns of Salou and Cambrils two months before the strike on New York.
Cambrils was back in the spotlight late Thursday, hours after the Barcelona attack, when five men in a car ran down pedestrians on the seafront, before their vehicle overturned. The occupants of the car, who were wearing fake explosive belts, then attacked passers-by with knives before police shot them. One woman injured in Cambrils later died.
Reconquering Al-Andalus
Another reason that makes Spain a likely target is that ISIS, al-Qaeda and other terror groups consider the area to be land that could be reclaimed. They refer to it as Al-Andalus, the ancient Arabic name for the Iberian mainland, covering most of modern-day Spain and Portugal, and which was under Muslim rule until 1492.
Spain is therefore considered a legitimate target for inclusion in a future Islamic caliphate. A Spanish-speaking ISIS member declared in 2014, “I tell you, Spain is the land of our forefathers and, Allah willing, we are going to liberate it, with the might of Allah,” El Mundo reported.
Rita Katz, director of the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors radical Islam, said on Twitter two weeks ago that a pro-ISIS Twitter account had threatened to “reconquer Al-Andalus” and promised an “imminent attack” in Spain. “Fire in Al-Andalus,” proclaimed one of those tweets, although it is not clear if there is a relationship between that threat and what happened Thursday in Barcelona.
Barcelona’s strong ties to radical Islam
A quarter of those arrested in Spain for having jihadist ties in recent years were in Catalonia.
By Giulia Paravicini
8/18/17, 8:44 PM CET
Updated 8/20/17, 12:57 PM CET
The choice of Barcelona as a target for terrorists came as little surprise to security experts in Spain and elsewhere in Europe because of Catalonia’s links to jihadists and Salafism, a radical form of Islam.
Catalonia has been the main hub of jihadist recruitment in Spain for more than a decade and radical Islamists consider it to be occupied land that should be part of a future Islamic caliphate. The region is home to approximately 510,000 Muslims, more than a quarter of the total number in Spain, according to a demographic study by the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain.
“The Catalan province, especially the area surrounding Tarragona (a port city in northeastern Catalonia), have been a Salafi hotbed for years, and one of the reasons is that it houses the highest numbers of Salafist mosques in Europe,” said Lorenzo Vidino, director of a program on extremism at George Washington University and author of a study on Salafism in Catalonia.
Between 2013 and 2016, 178 people described as being Salafists or having jihadist sympathies were arrested in Spain, and a quarter of those came from Barcelona and the surrounding area, according to data compiled by the Real Instituto Elcano, a Madrid-based think tank.
That proportion becomes much higher when looking at those who were sentenced. According to the Real Instituto Elcano, 37.5 percent of those jailed for jihadi terrorist activities in Spain between 2004 and 2012 were based in Catalonia.
Mohamed Atta, the Egyptian-born pilot of the first plane that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh, a Yemeni who liaised between the September 11 terror cell and the al-Qaeda leadership, met in the coastal towns of Salou and Cambrils two months before the strike on New York.
Cambrils was back in the spotlight late Thursday, hours after the Barcelona attack, when five men in a car ran down pedestrians on the seafront, before their vehicle overturned. The occupants of the car, who were wearing fake explosive belts, then attacked passers-by with knives before police shot them. One woman injured in Cambrils later died.
Reconquering Al-Andalus
Another reason that makes Spain a likely target is that ISIS, al-Qaeda and other terror groups consider the area to be land that could be reclaimed. They refer to it as Al-Andalus, the ancient Arabic name for the Iberian mainland, covering most of modern-day Spain and Portugal, and which was under Muslim rule until 1492.
Spain is therefore considered a legitimate target for inclusion in a future Islamic caliphate. A Spanish-speaking ISIS member declared in 2014, “I tell you, Spain is the land of our forefathers and, Allah willing, we are going to liberate it, with the might of Allah,” El Mundo reported.
Rita Katz, director of the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors radical Islam, said on Twitter two weeks ago that a pro-ISIS Twitter account had threatened to “reconquer Al-Andalus” and promised an “imminent attack” in Spain. “Fire in Al-Andalus,” proclaimed one of those tweets, although it is not clear if there is a relationship between that threat and what happened Thursday in Barcelona.
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