Spain has made five arrests in connection with the Madrid train bombings: three Morrocans and two Spaniards of Indian descent. They got a lead from a backpack with an unexploded bomb--and a cell phone-- left on one of the trains.

All the detentions were made "for presumed implication in the sale and falsification of the mobile phone and cards found in the bag that did not explode", Acebes said.

We have no idea if Spain has arrested the right people, but leaving a cellphone in a backpack is just plain felony stupid on the part of the bombers.

Update: An Arabic videotape has been found in which Al Qaeda takes responsibility:

Interior Minister Angel Acebes said a man identifying himself as the military spokesman of al-Qaida in Europe claimed the group was responsible for the bombings. "We declare our responsibility for what happened in Madrid exactly 2 1/2 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."

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