Spain to keep agents in Iraq

[PfcHammer]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9362518%255E1702,00.html

Spain to keep agents in Iraq
From correspondents in Madrid
April 22, 2004

SPAIN has agreed to a US request to leave its intelligence agents in Iraq and not withdraw them along with its 1300 troops, a leading Socialist party member said today.

"Yes, there is an agreement, a consensus, on this. Both the defence and foreign ministers have spoken on this," Trinidad Jimenez, the ruling party's spokesperson for international affairs, said in a Telecinco TV interview.

Jimenez said Spain would "maintain a commitment there (Iraq). It's just a question of deciding where and how."

It was unclear how or when the US government made the request.

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[demdave]

1. I guess they will be bombed again to show them folks disagree.

Isn't that the acceptable response these days?

[coda]

3. Well, from al Qaeda it is.

Anything goes with them, obviously.

Although....

What would be an acceptable response be from an Iraqi National? One than that was never a Saddam loyalist or Bathist?


What should be a reasonable and acceptable response to shit such as this?


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James P. Pinkerton
The answer to terror is plain

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To be sure, the PP said it went to Iraq to help promote peace, but Spain's intervention had "war of civilizations" written all over it. Many Spanish troops serving in Iraq, for example, wore an arm patch depicting the Cross of St. James of Compostela. That insignia commemorates the Battle of Clavijo in 844. According to legend, the Apostle St. James the Elder came down from the sky and killed every Moor - as Muslims were then called - in his path. Ever since, St. James has been called "Santiago Matamoros," St. James the Moor Killer.

In July, the Madrid newspaper El Mundo warned: "To put the Cross of St. James of Compostela on the uniforms of Spanish soldiers demonstrates an absolute ignorance of the psychology of the society in which they will have to carry out their mission."




http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vppin163709473mar16,0,4755338.column?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines

[NNN0LHI]

2. Someone has to document Bush's war crimes for the Hague tribunal n/t

[daleo]

4. This seems like a bad idea that just confuses matters

Plenty of the hostages have been accused of being intelligence agencies of one country or another. I suppose the country is crawling with spooks, playing some version of the "great game", middle eastern style. It will be a long time before the people trust foreigners again, especially westerners.