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Actually it looks the only way cowardly socialists in Spain will stay with its piddly 1,300 men is to have it under UN control according to a Bloomberg report. The BBC put thier own spin on it as ususal.

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Spain's 1,300 soldiers in the U.S.- led coalition in Iraq will be withdrawn unless there is a United Nations mandate requesting their presence, Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said today

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We should be getting a UN mandate soon. And once we do, then we'll get thousands of Indian and Pakistani troops -- more than enough to pull out the bulk of OUR trooops.

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March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Spain's 1,300 soldiers in the U.S.- led coalition in Iraq will be withdrawn unless there is a United Nations mandate requesting their presence, Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said today

Another step toward having ALL military personnel controlled by the UN- an idea that John Kerry supports.