War on terrorism: March 11 - Spain's "9/11"

The news from Spain is awful. Excerpt:

MADRID (Reuters) - Simultaneous bomb blasts ripped through packed commuter trains at three stations in Madrid on Thursday, killing 182 people and injuring about 900 in Europe's bloodiest attack for more than 15 years.

Numbers expected to rise as the day goes on.

Dennis Prager often mentions when we hear this kind of news, we overlook the number injured. Injured in this case will often mean lost limbs, blindness, brain damage, ruptured internal organs and other terrible life altering problems.

Spain now joins the Turkish (Istanbul bombing), the Indonesians/Australians (Bali bombing), the Israelis and America in suffing a mass attack on civilians.

America and the rest of the freedom loving peoples of the world needs to stand with the Spanish in their "9/11" today. The terrorists (whether they are Basque separatists or Al-Qaeda linked) and those who support them and harbor them must be hunted down.

Prager in his radio show heard in LA on KRLA-870 cited the statements of the major political leaders as reported at CNN.com.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar
"There is no possible negotiation with these killers. ... Our aim is to win over terrorism. Only by being firm we can stop (terrorism). We must be firm fighting the terrorists and opposing the final aims they want to achieve."

U.S. President George W. Bush
Bush called the Spanish Prime Minister to express "solidarity with the people of Spain at this difficult moment." Bush condemned what he called "vicious acts of terrorism" in the strongest possible terms and expressed his condolences to the families of those killed and wished a speedy and full recovery to the hundreds injured.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan
"Once again we see senseless killing of innocent people. The killing of innocent people cannot be justified regardless of the costs. I offer my deepest sympathy to King Carlos of Spain, to the government and people of Spain, and to the people and friends who were killed or injured. I hope that the perpetrators will be brought to justice swiftly."

French President Jacques Chirac
"These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. ... In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair
"This terrible attack underlines the threat that we all continue to face from terrorism in many countries and why we all must work together internationally to safeguard our peoples against such attacks, and defeat terrorism."

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
"With grief and outrage, I have heard of the terrible attacks in Madrid this morning. I am horrified at the high number of deaths and injured. I ask you to convey our sympathy to the victims' families and the Spanish nation. Those who were injured, I wish a speedy and complete recovery."

Russian President Vladimir Putin
"Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. ... An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror."

Prager noted how some explicitly refered to terrorism while some others did not.

These are the top leaders in the world and when they make a press release they know the whole world is listening. They know which two or three sentences the media will report.

I just don't understand why some of them won't call what happened terrorism?