. >> if eta was to blame, that would have benefited the prime minister, jose maria asner. of the elections for just a few days away and the conservatives were presented themselves as the only bloc against the terrorist groups. if eta blew up the trains, which they hope that spain would elect the conservatives and not the socialists that they painted as lackadaisical and uninspired. but then the police arrested several moroccans and a video appeared in which islamists claim responsibility for the attacks. it was clear that the murders were not members of the eta. asner and the conservatives played -- paid a political price. he lost the elections. long after his defeat, he insisted eta was behind the attacks. >> i cannot seriously believe that the masterminds behind these attacks lived in for a way deserts'. >> pilar thought it was cynical to try to score political points by blaming the attacks on eta while they were morning. >> ladies and gentlemen, we ask of you, don't use the pain of the victims for your partisan purposes, not in the case -- not in this case nor ever agai