IRAQ: SPANISH TROOPS SERVING IN IRAQ IN SOMBER MOOD FOLLOWING MADRID TRAIN BOMBINGS WHICH KILLED 400 PEOPLE

Record ID: 647530

  • Title: IRAQ: SPANISH TROOPS SERVING IN IRAQ IN SOMBER MOOD FOLLOWING MADRID TRAIN BOMBINGS WHICH KILLED 400 PEOPLE
  • Date: 14th March 2004
  • Summary: (EU) DIWANIYA, IRAQ (MARCH 14, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS SPANISH SOLDIERS MANNING CHECKPOINT AT ENTRANCE TO THEIR CAMP IN DIWANIYA (4 SHOTS) 0.23 2. SV/CU: HALF MAST SPANISH FLAG (2 SHOTS) 0.35 3. MORE OF SPANISH TROOPS AND APC AT BASE 0.47 4. COMMANDER NOVELLE WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA 5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) COMMANDER NOVELLE SAYING THAT THEY FEEL THE PAIN INFLICTED BY THE BOMB IN MADRID 1.20 6. VARIOUS SOLDIERS RESTING 7. APC MOVING 2.34 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th March 2004 13:00
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  • Location: DIWANIYA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAEHMQ64WSHDR8R6H2OLHOSMGRG
  • Story Text: Spanish troops in Iraq are in sombre mood after
    Madrid bombings.


    Three days after attacks in Madrid killed 200
    people, Spanish soldiers in Iraq said they felt deeply the
    sorrow of their nation.

    A new videotape, claiming to be from al Qaeda, said the
    group had planned Thursday's attacks as a punishment for
    Madrid's support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

    Spain has been one of the strongest allies of the U.S. in
    the war in Iraq, despite strong domestic opposition,
    contributing about 1,300 troops to the coalition.

    Troops on the Spanish base in Diwaniya, south of Baghdad,
    lowered flags to half mast as a sign of respect.

    The attacks and the alleged al Qaeda claim threw Sunday's
    general election in Spain wide open, with many Spaniards
    angry that the government initially blamed the carnage on
    Basque separatists.

    Spanish soldiers posted to Iraq were able to register their
    votes by post last week.
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