[Dane]

The forces of the coalition opened fire Sunday on thousands of partisans of the head radical Shiite Moqtada Sadr who moved towards the Spanish base of the multinational force, located at 5 km of the Holy City of Najaf, noted a journalist of the AFP

The vast minority of malcontents sense the weakness of the new socialist Spanish Zapatero government.

I am not surprised they targeted the Spanish.

[Polybius]

The vast minority of malcontents sense the weakness of the new socialist Spanish Zapatero government. I am not surprised they targeted the Spanish.

The Islamists forgot that Zapatero will not be inaugurated until April 15 and that Zapatero is not a Spanish soldier in Iraq.

Now, as a result of that forgetfulness, at least 16 in the Islamist mob are dead and 200 of them are wounded.

Even after April 15, the Islamists should fully expect the Spanish military to kick their asses if the Spanish military forces are attacked. The Spanish commander will do what needs doing, send Prime Minister Zapatero a full report after the battle and Zapatero will be deeply saddened.

[archy]

I am not surprised they targeted the Spanish.

I am not surprised they targeted a Spanish railroad track rather than a Spanish Army patrol. But I wonder if one of those Spanish 6-wheelers with the 25mm would fit inside a C130. Or two of them.