The group that claimed responsibility for deadly train bombings in Spain warned European nations that they have only two weeks to withdraw troops from Iraq or face the consequences, a pan-Arab newspaper reported Friday. The statement run by the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper referred to a 90-day cease-fire for attacks in Europe that the leader of al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden, declared on April 15. “To the European people: Only a few days remain for you to accept the truce offered by bin Laden. Otherwise you will have nobody but yourself to blame,” the London-based paper quoted the statement as saying. The paper said it had received a statement from the “Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri (al-Qaida),” the group that claimed responsibility for the March 11 train bombings in Madrid, Spain, that killed 190 people. Full Story
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