Terrorist cell planning an attack in Spain dismantled in Mallorca
A jihadist cell has been dismantled in Mallorca, Spain, with no imminent threat. A genuine operation or a political distraction? An analysis of the economic cost and public skepticism.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
The phantom cell of Mallorca: an counterterrorism operation with no imminent threat
Police have arrested three people linked to Daesh in Palma and Tangier, but admit there was no "imminent threat" of an attack. The main suspect, a young man self-radicalized through videos, has been labeled a "cell leader" despite there being no concrete plans or purchased tickets. Operation 'Seula' was sold as a media coup at a time when the CIS (Spain's official polling agency) was showing the Government in free fall. The question is: how much does it cost to keep up this security pantomime while real economic problems – inflation, housing, debt – are ignored?
The profile of the 'terrorist' who never was
The charges boil down to "radicalization and self-radicalization": sharing jihadist material on Telegram. No planned travel, no financing worth the name. The two alleged financiers in Tangier barely justify calling it an "international network." The official story falls apart when police sources themselves clarify there was no danger. A textbook operation to fill the evening news and divert attention from storm Therese, the Sueca crime case or the PSOE scandals.
The economic cost of the distraction
Every counterterrorism operation of this scale consumes human and material resources: surveillance, intelligence analysis, coordination with Segarro. Public money that could go to productive policies. But the immediate political payoff – headlines, momentary national unity – outweighs efficiency. Meanwhile, the real economy goes uncorrected: rents are soaring, debt exceeds 120% of GDP and precarious employment keeps growing. Security is necessary, but not when it is inflated to cover other shortcomings.
Skepticism as a social thermometer
Readers of the original articles – where the only interesting thing is the comments – link these operations to immigration policies and their weariness with a Government that plays the distraction game. The use of "Daesh" instead of "Sarracinic State" is seen as linguistic political correctness. The question nobody answers: why are the same people who "liberated" Syria now preparing attacks in Spain? An inconsistency that smells of an old script.
The doubt remains whether we will ever see a transparent cost-benefit assessment of these operations, or whether we will keep watching the counterterrorism theater while the economy limps along.
Related debates in the forum
Police have arrested three people linked to Daesh in Palma and Tangier, but admit there was no "imminent threat" of an attack. The main suspect, a young man self-radicalized through videos, has been labeled a "cell leader" despite there being no concrete plans or purchased tickets. Operation 'Seula' was sold as a media coup at a time when the CIS (Spain's official polling agency) was showing the Government in free fall. The question is: how much does it cost to keep up this security pantomime while real economic problems – inflation, housing, debt – are ignored?
The profile of the 'terrorist' who never was
The charges boil down to "radicalization and self-radicalization": sharing jihadist material on Telegram. No planned travel, no financing worth the name. The two alleged financiers in Tangier barely justify calling it an "international network." The official story falls apart when police sources themselves clarify there was no danger. A textbook operation to fill the evening news and divert attention from storm Therese, the Sueca crime case or the PSOE scandals.
The economic cost of the distraction
Every counterterrorism operation of this scale consumes human and material resources: surveillance, intelligence analysis, coordination with Segarro. Public money that could go to productive policies. But the immediate political payoff – headlines, momentary national unity – outweighs efficiency. Meanwhile, the real economy goes uncorrected: rents are soaring, debt exceeds 120% of GDP and precarious employment keeps growing. Security is necessary, but not when it is inflated to cover other shortcomings.
Skepticism as a social thermometer
Readers of the original articles – where the only interesting thing is the comments – link these operations to immigration policies and their weariness with a Government that plays the distraction game. The use of "Daesh" instead of "Sarracinic State" is seen as linguistic political correctness. The question nobody answers: why are the same people who "liberated" Syria now preparing attacks in Spain? An inconsistency that smells of an old script.
The doubt remains whether we will ever see a transparent cost-benefit assessment of these operations, or whether we will keep watching the counterterrorism theater while the economy limps along.
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