This is an excellent and sad documentary. Especially for those of us with connections and family in Spain. Having visited and lived in Spain many times over the years, and seeing familiar surroundings of Atocha and Santa Eugenia stations sent chills down my spine. Its easy to forget or not see the horror and chaos of that fateful day in March 2004 when you are standing silently on the Santa Eugenia platform on a sunny morning. The documentary succeeds in giving the victims a voice and tell their story, with some very emotional moments for both victims and the viewer. It also dealt with Spain's support to invade Iraq on the pretence of weapons of mass destructions and as we know now (and USA and others knew then) did not exist. It also deals with the shameful response to the train bombings by the political party of the time PP and especially President Jose Maria Aznar and the Interior Minister Angel Acebes blaming their own homegrown terrorist group ETA for the act, knowing full well there was little or no evidence of this. This was done purely for political purposes so to look like a strong government 3 days out of a General Election. These two politicians continued to spread these lies even after it was clear the perpetrators were the Spanish Jihadist cell of Al Qaeda. The documentary sadly shows how instead of using the tragedy to unite all Spaniards and both major parties, Aznar and his government used the attacks for disgraceful and shameful political gain. As the documentary suggests, not only did the terrorist attack and kill 192 victims and injure a further 2000,but they also succeeded in shattering the confidence of the Spanish people in their government.
Review of 11M: Terror in Madrid
