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| Spain approves sending 1,100 troops to Lebanon |
| 2006-09-08 |
| Parliament voted overwhelmingly Thursday to send 1,100 Spanish troops to Lebanon, giving the green light to what the government called a risky but vital mission to achieve lasting Mideast peace. The approval by the Chamber of Deputies makes Spain the third-largest contributor to the expanded UN force being created after 34 days of war between Israel and Hizbullah guerrillas, behind France and Italy. The first Spanish troops, about half of the total contingent, were to leave Friday for Lebanon aboard ships based at the Rota naval base in southern Spain. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 What if they're just looking for a reason and venue to fight Israel? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2006-09-08 13:38 |
| #6 The question is, what is success in their eyes? It probably isn't what we would shoot for. c.f. Eurabia |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-09-08 12:49 |
| #5 Spain: The 'Sir Robins' of Europe. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-08 12:44 |
| #4 Let them do it. Let's see the EU step up to the plate and do peace-enforcing without Uncle Sam to hold their hands. If they fail, nuff said, and maybe they'll realize that they need us after all. If they succeed, great, perhaps we can bring our occupation of Europe to a close. It's only been 60 years. And maybe these baby steps will allow the Euros to grow a pair for handling tougher jobs, like say, Iran. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-09-08 12:28 |
| #3 Socialist France, Italy and Spain. This is some kind of axis, is it not? |
| Posted by: ed 2006-09-08 10:59 |
| #2 Ayeee....if the Aztec's only knew! |
| Posted by: kelly 2006-09-08 10:53 |
| #1 Until somebody sets of a bomb in Spain, then they'll have to withdraw. You don't think so? Just wait. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-09-08 06:13 |