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...looked certain to coast to victory. The handpicked successor of outgoing Prime Minister José María Aznar, Rajoy ran on a strong antiterrorism platform; but after the recent bombings in Madrid, fear and suspicion gripped the country and Spaniards swept Socialist leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero into victory. If we didn’t know it before, this weekend’s election in Spain provided a valuable, if horrifying, lesson: Terrorism works. Just ask Rajoy...
...Madrid bombings in retaliation for Spain’s involvement in the Iraqi invasion and ongoing occupation. Before the attacks, Prime Minister Azanar’s Popular party enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls. On Sunday they were ousted by incoming Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his Socialist party. Conservative pundits, like New York Times columnist David Brooks, have been quick to denounce the Spaniards for appeasing Al Qaeda. Their arguments are not without merit, but they are overly crude and mistakenly conflate the fight against Islamic terrorism with the war against Iraq...
...denies negotiating for a cease-fire - or anything else - but was forced to resign as Maragall's deputy after news of the meeting was leaked to the press. The ETA statement also hurts Maragall's national counterpart, Socialist leader and presidential candidate José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero, right before the March 14 general election...
...Diet members attached to its pacifist tradition came to blows with those who ultimately won a precedent-shattering vote to authorize putting Japanese troops into Iraq without a U.N. mandate. And in Spain, Prime Minister José María Aznar accused opposition leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of "laying his hopes on the coffins of Spanish soldiers" to prove that Spain's involvement is unwise. But despite the death of Spanish naval captain Manuel Martín-Oar, 56, in last month's bombing of the U.N.'s Baghdad headquarters, the Spanish public remains quiet...
...Jiang's speech came as party delegates met to choose new leaders. Vice President Hu Jintao is expected to take over as President, but Jiang is likely to preserve his power by placing allies in the ruling Politburo. COLOMBIA Get Out of Jail Free A judge freed Gilberto Rodri-guez Orejuela for good behavior, after the former boss of the notorious Cali cocaine cartel had served just seven years of his 17-year sentence for smuggling drugs to the United States. The Colombian government ordered an investigation into Judge Luz Amanda Moncada's conduct because ministers suspected corruption. MEANWHILE Dragon...