FOXNews.com - Top Stories - New Spanish Leader Vows Iraq PulloutMADRID, Spain — Spain's new Socialist leader vowed Monday to bring home the 1,300 Spanish troops now in Iraq, a move that follows the worst terrorist attack ever to hit the U.S. ally.
"The military intervention was a political error for the international order, for the search for cooperation, for the defense of the United States," Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (search) told reporters, adding that Spain would maintain "cordial" relations with Washington.
"It divided more than it united, there were no reasons for it, time has shown that the arguments for it lacked credibility and the occupation has been managed badly."
Although Zapatero did not say exactly when the troops would come home, he did reaffirm his pledge that they would be recalled by June 30 unless the United Nations (search) assumes control of multinational military operations in Iraq.
"The military intervention was a political error for the international order, for the search for cooperation, for the defense of the United States," Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (search) told reporters, adding that Spain would maintain "cordial" relations with Washington.
"It divided more than it united, there were no reasons for it, time has shown that the arguments for it lacked credibility and the occupation has been managed badly."
Although Zapatero did not say exactly when the troops would come home, he did reaffirm his pledge that they would be recalled by June 30 unless the United Nations (search) assumes control of multinational military operations in Iraq.
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