The defense minister, General Abdul Rahim Wardak, noted that even nations with "100-fold" more security resources, mentioning the United States, Britain,Spain,India, Indonesia and Pakistan, have not been able to prevent all attempted terrorist attacks.
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I've beentoSpain many, many times but I tell you I don't want to go again.
Previous small bomb attacks on bank buildings in the Catalan capital have been linked to Spain's outlawed Marxist group GRAPO, or The First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Group.