Some of you may be musing to yourselves: "sure Al Qaeda says that they did 3/11 and killed 191 people because the Moors were expelled from Spain 500 years ago, but no one is that insane." Turns out, they're exactly that insane:

So much for the notion that political concessions - such as withdrawing from Iraq - would make Spain safe from al-Qaedist terror strikes. A month after the Madrid bombings, the newly elected Socialist government withdrew Spanish forces from Iraq... Spain remains Al-Qaeda target... “Al-Qaeda has not lost sight of the global jihad and, in exchanges with the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), it has told them to quickly attack local targets and reminds them that their real goal is to cross into Al Andalus,” it said... In September 2007, Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri called for Al Andalus to be restored to the Islamic world, saying the first step needs to be the “cleansing’ of Spaniards and French from the Maghreb.

Ah well - it was a good try. And in fairness, history is littered with examples of appeasement succeeding - so Spain really couldn't have known.

And this is the problem with international jihadists: no subtlty. It's always invade, conquer, kill infidels, kill apostates, invade, conquer, etc. If they had any sense they would follow the lead of those two Tunisians being held in Denmark for trying to kill a Mohammed cartoonist: ask for and recieve political asylum. And then once you have an EU passport, you can move to Germany and legally beat your wife because its in the Koran.

"Creeping Islamization in Europe" - well that's really much too much optimistic, now isn't it?

References:
* Spain (Andalus) remains Al-Qaeda target requiring "cleansing" [Spencer]
* Denmark Grants Asylum to Islamist who Plotted to Kill Mohammed Cartoonist..... [Zippers]
* GERMAN JUDGE:OK TO BEAT WIFE, IT'S IN THE KORAN [Atlas]
* WEST: Creeping Islamization in Europe [Wash Times]

Previously:
* EU: Best Way To Bolster Abbas Is To Bolster Hamas And The Population That Most Strongly Supports Hamas
* Paris Prosecutors: Muslim Attacks On French Jews Aren't Anti-Semitic (Plus: We Can't Convict Murderous Anti-Semites In The US Either)
* UK Muslims Split Between Supporting Domestic Terrorism And Demanding Less Airport Counterterrorism