Conservatives Are Voted Out in Spanish Backlash to War in Iraq

Daily Post › March 16, 2004

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OPPOSITION Socialists scored a dramatic upset in Spain's general election yesterday, unseating once- favoured conservatives stung by charges they provoked the Madrid terror bombings by supporting the US-led war inIraq and made Spain a target for al-Qaida.

It was the first time a government that backed the Iraq war has been voted out of office,and brings to power a party led by lawyer Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who has pledged to bring home the 1,300 troops Spainhas stationed in Iraq when their tour of duty ends in July.

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Conservatives Are Voted Out in Spanish Backlash to War in Iraq

The Socialists declared victory with 96% ...

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