Re: the disappointment of Spain
Jigotai wrote:
>>The strategy spelled out in the document calls for using terrorist attacks
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> to
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>>oust Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's Partido Popular from power and
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> replace
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>>it with the Socialists.
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> Funny... so funny indeed.
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>>That, in turn, was expected to drive a wedge between Washington and Madrid
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> and
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>>result in the withdrawal of Spanish military forces from Iraq.
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>>"We think the Spanish government will not stand more than two blows, or
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> three
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>>at the most, before it will be forced to withdraw because of the public
>>pressure on it," the al Qaeda document says.
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>>"If its forces remain after these blows, the victory of the Socialist
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> Party
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>>will be almost guaranteed -- and the withdrawal of Spanish forces will be
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> on
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>>its campaign manifesto."
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>><end of quote>
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> Could you tell me where you have found that rubbish?
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>>The Spanish voters have given al Qaeda a victory and shown they have no
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> cojones.
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> It is not a question of cojones. It is a question of not supporting war.
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> Regards
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> Angel
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>
If you had quoted the whole thing and not just a piece you would have seen it
was CNN.
Here is the link:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/16/spain.invest/index.html
Yes, it is a matter of cojones. You gave al Qaeda exactly what they were
looking for at a very high cost. What are the figures now? 200+ dead and
around 1500 wounded?
Sheeesh...
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