Spain's ex police chief said the National Intelligence Center (CNI) facilitated 2017 "ISIS" attacks to "scare" Catalonia before an independence vote. The leader of the terror cell was a CNI informant.
  • Gosplan14 [any]
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    3 years ago

    Again, more "let happened" than actively helped. Still very bad though

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Just like how even if they didn't outright plan the attacks, the US intelligence community let 9/11 happen.

  • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Fuck Spain, fuck the CNI, but also the referendum did succeed, rather than being defeated as Norton claims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Catalan_independence_referendum

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      he says the referendum succeeded though? (emphasis mine)

      Just two weeks after the horrific violence, supporters of Catalan independence won a landslide victory in the referendum held on October 1 (1-O, as it is known in Spanish).

      According to a former Spanish police chief, the 17-A attacks had been intended to turn the public against Catalan independence. It is not clear if this strategy worked, because Catalans voted 92% to become an independent state — although there was only 43% turnout.