My latest in PJ Media:
The allegations were made in Spain, but they have implications for the United States and the entire Western world. Jose Manuel Villarejo, who was at the time a senior officer in Spain’s National Police Corps, has made a startling allegation: he claimed Wednesday that the vehicular attack in Barcelona on Aug. 17, 2017, was staged by the country’s National Intelligence Service (CNI) in order to discourage Catalonians from voting for independence in a referendum that was then upcoming.
The attack was horrifying. A man named Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into a crowd of people on La Rambla in Barcelona, murdering 13 and injuring at least 130. According to Scotland’s The National, “five members of the jihadist cell launched a knife attack on the beachfront at Cambrils, having driven there the day after the Barcelona attack. All five men were shot dead by police. Three men who helped in the attacks were last year sentenced to jail terms of between eight and 53 years. It later emerged that the alleged mastermind of the attacks, an imam in the city of Ripoll, was a CNI informant.”
Despite the attack and the threat of instability it brought, Catalonia voted overwhelmingly for independence anyway. However, its bid for independence was ultimately declared void under heavy pressure from the Spanish government.
Was that government tied to the Barcelona attack by more than just an informant? Villarejo, who participated in many “secret” CNI operations, said that the attack was a brainchild of the agency, in “a bid to destabilise Catalonia” so that the Spanish province would vote against independence. Villarejo asserted that the attacks were conceived by the former director of the CNI, Félix Sanz Roldán, but “were a serious mistake.” Sanz Roldán, said Villarejo, “wanted to give Catalonia a fright, but miscalculated the consequences.”
Villarejo declared that he had documentary proof of his charges. “All the evidence is in my archives. I authorize their release. We must think that the citizenry is not a minor and the law of secrets cannot be used to hide everything. It is an obsolete Francoist law from 1968” that keeps such state documents from being released, he said.
Catalan President Pere Aragonès reacted angrily to Villarejo’s allegations, saying that the Barcelona attack was “a barbarity that has marked us forever. And if Villarejo’s words are true, explanations are needed now. We know very well how the state sewers work, so we demand that they be investigated in order to clarify the truth. I have also asked the legal services of the Generalitat [government] to study these statements and the relevant legal actions that can be taken. For the truth. For the victims, for the Catalans and for all those who are on the side of peace and democracy.” Catalan Vice President Jordi Puigneró has also demanded an investigation.
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Niemoller says
More likely it is the Islamist press which is trying to muddy the waters around every Islamist terrorist incident in order to confuse the marginally informed public and inject it with paranoia and doubt of the truth. .
mortimer says
Jose Manuel Villarejo is to be commended for exposing the source of these crimes … a bunch of die-hard Fascists in the Spanish secret police. They miscalculated in several ways, playing with the lives of innocent people. The Catalans are more at risk from the Spanish government than they are from jihadists. Catalan independence is now guaranteed.
Niemoller says
If it were true, why has Villarejo been sitting on this information for over four years? Why doesn’t he just release the information now? All the attackers were known jihadists with Islamist names. Is he claiming now that they were simple mercenaries? False flag ops usually don’t even have suspects to apprehend, they are just accusations. At most, it may be conceivable that some rogue government elements found something out about a jihadist plan and didn’t stop it for political reasons, but not plan one out like this. I won’t hold my breath waiting for the evidence.
gravenimage says
+1
gravenimage says
Mortimer, your uncritical acceptance that Jihad is actually the work of the Kuffar and has nothing to do with Islam is inexplicable.
Then, your claim that it is the Spanish government that is the threat, whereas murderous Jihadists are not, is not just bizarre but also deeply disturbing.
Johnny B says
As violent and evil Islam is, we should never be naive about Governments and Intelligent Services’ intentions. There are many interests and A LOT OF MONEY involved in this whole twisted business of Islamic terrorism. Some will exploit the rapidly rising Muslim populations of Europe and America politically while others are motivated by trillions of dollars funnelled into what is probably the most rapidly growing industry of national security and counter-terrorism. Not everybody in this game are angels of have the best interests of their nations. This is not to minimize the dangers of Islamic terrorism which is at the root of the problem..
gravenimage says
Actually, it is former police officer José Manuel Villarejo who has a shady background. He is is currently on trial for a series of crimes including bribery and extortion.
ARISH SAHANI says
All muslims in each nation are local converts who were forced to save their lives. BY CONVERTING After conversion they lost their root culture that was in past now after ww 2 all are free shame 1.5 billions converts have lost will and power to go back to roots. their children well educated and informed that the book they follow written in 7 th century is all fake with no facts and not good for today generation .
Its time 21 era gives you facts on history and science . NO HEAVEN AND hell exist nor GOD WAITING FOR YOU TO KILL AND REWARD THE KILLERS . ONE HUMAN KILLING ANOTHER HUMAN IS TOTALLY FOOLISHNESS AND MORALLY WRONG .
gravenimage says
Most Muslims in Spain are Muslims who have immigrated there.
gravenimage says
Did Spanish Authorities Stage the 2017 Barcelona Jihad Attack?
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Uh huh. How many times have we heard that 9/11 and other Jihad terror attacks must have been pulled off by the ‘filthy Infidels’–usually to make Islam look bad?
Never mind that there have been over 40,000 Jihad terror attacks just since 9/11–some of them in places where there are no Infidels. Besides, civilized Infidels do not murder their own people–whereas Islam teaches murderous Jihad in the name of Islam.