Madrid terror blast group calls 'truce' with Spain

The Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for last week’s Madrid train bombings has called a truce with Spain to give the new government time to withdraw troops from Iraq, a London-based Arabic-language newspaper said.

The Al Hayat daily newspaper said it received a statement from The Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri, which earlier said it orchestrated the bombings to punish Spain for supporting the US-led war in Iraq.