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Spanish Prime Minister Orders Iraq Troops Home
April 19, 2004 - 2:05am -- nolympics
Anonymous Comrade writes:
Spanish Prime Minister Orders Iraq Troops Home
BBC News
Spain's new prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has given orders for Spanish troops in Iraq to be brought home in "as short a time as possible".
Mr Zapatero said he could not ignore what he called the will of the Spanish people.The previous government's support for the war in Iraq, and its handling of the Madrid bombings, were thought to have caused its election downfall.
Spain has about 1,300 troops stationed in Iraq.
Mr Zapatero said he had ordered the defence minister to "do what is necessary for the Spanish troops stationed in Iraq return home in the shortest time possible".
He spoke just hours after the new Socialist government was sworn in.
Immediately after his election, Mr Zapatero had vowed to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq unless they came under UN command by 30 June when their mandate expires.
His conservative predecessor, Jose Maria Aznar, sent in troops in August 2003 in a move which led to huge popular protests across Spain.
"With the information we have, and which we have gathered over the past few weeks, it is not foreseeable that the United Nations will adopt a resolution" that satisfies Spain's terms, Mr Zapatero said.
Anonymous Comrade writes:
Spanish Prime Minister Orders Iraq Troops Home
BBC News
Spain's new prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has given orders for Spanish troops in Iraq to be brought home in "as short a time as possible".
Mr Zapatero said he could not ignore what he called the will of the Spanish people.The previous government's support for the war in Iraq, and its handling of the Madrid bombings, were thought to have caused its election downfall.
Spain has about 1,300 troops stationed in Iraq.
Mr Zapatero said he had ordered the defence minister to "do what is necessary for the Spanish troops stationed in Iraq return home in the shortest time possible".
He spoke just hours after the new Socialist government was sworn in.
Immediately after his election, Mr Zapatero had vowed to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq unless they came under UN command by 30 June when their mandate expires.
His conservative predecessor, Jose Maria Aznar, sent in troops in August 2003 in a move which led to huge popular protests across Spain.
"With the information we have, and which we have gathered over the past few weeks, it is not foreseeable that the United Nations will adopt a resolution" that satisfies Spain's terms, Mr Zapatero said.