Spain Vows to Pull Soldiers Out of Iraq

[54anickel]

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/03/15/ap/Headlines/d81asg4g0.txt

MADRID, Spain - The leader of Spain's victorious Socialists said Monday he will withdraw his nation's support for the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, restating a campaign promise a day after his party won elections overshadowed by terrorist bombings.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, calling the war that ousted Saddam Hussein an "error," said he would recall Spanish troops from Iraq by June 30 unless the United Nations assumes control of multinational military operations there.

In a surprise defeat, Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's conservatives on Sunday became the first government that backed Washington in Iraq to be voted from office. The election came amid charges that Aznar made Spain a target for terrorists by supporting the war, and that his government concealed possible connections between the attack and Islamic terrorists for political gain.


Thursday's train bombings _ the worst terrorist attacks in Spain's history _ killed 200 people and wounded some 1,500.

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[myomy]

1. Wonder how the * administration will spin this one

Or will they just ignore it (like the media) until it just fades away.
Stand up for a "War on Ignorance".

[schultzee]

2. The local newspaper did not even call the new government left

so the bu$hites will probably come up with some lie

[Moderator]

3. Locking

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