Madrid+Bombing

//__ Introduction __// On 11 March 2004, Thursday, Madrid (Spain) was bombed during the peak of Madrid rush hour in the morning. Ten bombs packed into sports bags and detonated by mobile phones tore through the trains in 2004, leaving the tracks strewn with bodies. The Madrid commuter rail system was attacked by detonating ten backpack bombs, killing 191 people and wounding 1841. The popular party had initially blamed the attack on ETA, an armed Basqueatist organization, but it was later investigated that it was caused by the Islamic extremist. They were harsh traffickers of Moroccan origin, remotely linked to an al-Qaeda cell that had been already captured. These groups bought the explosives (dynamite Goma-2 ECO) from low-level thieves, police and Guardia Civil confidants in Asturias using money from the small-scale drug trafficking. There were 21 trial for crimes such as trafficking explosives and three men - two Moroccans and a Spaniard who provided the bombers with explosives - were handed down sentences which may keep them in prison for 40 years, the maximum in Spanish law. //__ Economic Impact __// The train bombing in Madrid had crippled the workforce there as when the bombing happens, potential investors would stay away from Madrid because another terrorist attack may happen again at that area. The investors already there may only consider having short-term contracts and agreements due to the surge of instability in the area. Thus the economic growth will decrease because of that. Furthermore, tourist will also erase Madrid from their list of travel for fear of their life and the current danger still persists .This will cause a decrease in earnings in Madrid’s tourism sector. In addition to that, money is needed to repair the damaged railway and finance those in need of help. Government will too have to provide compensation for permanent injuries and the fatal deaths caused by the bombings. The market shares in the stock exchange may too dwindle and the government may have to pump in more money to sustain the economy and its currency. Thus the economy in Spain will be in bad shape.

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-Jinghui (33) 4A -Anthea (9) 4A ;) You are writing about the impact in future tense instead of present tense - avoid using 'may', 'will'  7/10