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March 16, 2004
Is There Still Any Doubt ...

Posted by Bill

... that this was a MAJOR victory for the terrorists?

CNN also has obtained an al Qaeda document that spells out the terrorist group's plan to separate Spain from the U.S.-led coalition on Iraq.

The document was published on the main message board that is used by al Qaeda and its sympathizers last December.

The strategy spelled out in the document calls for using terrorist attacks to oust Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's Partido Popular from power and replace it with the Socialists.

That, in turn, was expected to drive a wedge between Washington and Madrid and result in the withdrawal of Spanish military forces from Iraq.

Does the Spanish Prime Minister-elect realize what playbook he is taking cues from? Some consolation - 38% of the Spanish electorate understood this fact and voted for the Popular Party candidate.

Posted by Bill at March 16, 2004 08:27 AM | TrackBack (2)