Will Spain Step Up?

From The Scotsman:

TWENTY-NINE people were charged by a Spanish judge yesterday for their roles in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, paving the way for one of Europe's biggest terrorism trials. Following a two-year investigation, Judge Juan del Olmo concluded that the 11 March attacks, which killed 191 people and injured 2,000 others, were carried out by a local Islamist cell inspired by al-Qaeda.

Mr del Olmo charged five people with 191 counts of terrorist killings and 1,755 attempted murders, while 23 people were charged with collaboration. Each count of terrorist murder could carry a sentence of up to 30 years in prison.

José Emilio Suárez Trashorras, a former miner who provided the bombers with plastic explosives, was charged with 192 murders, including the death of a policeman killed during a raid on suspected bombers a few weeks after the attacks.

It will be interesting to see if the Spanish have the guts to convict these animals. Given their history I can easily see them being freed. Especially if there are threats of terrorism if their trail goes forward.