LET'S GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE:

Videotape Claims Al Qaeda Behind Madrid Attacks (FoxNews, March 13, 2004)

Spain's interior minister said Sunday a videotape has been discovered claiming Al Qaeda carried out the Madrid terrorist attacks and threatening more, but that he could not verify the veracity of the claim.

Interior Minister Angel Acebes said a man identifying himself as the military spokesman of Al Qaeda in Europe claimed the group was responsible for the attacks Thursday that killed 200 people and wounded 1,500.

"We declare our responsibility for what happened in Madrid exactly 21/2 years after the attacks on New York and Washington," said the man, according to a government translation of the tape, which was recorded in Arabic. "It is a response to your collaboration with the criminals Bush and his allies."