“Spain’s new prime minister-elect today reiterated that Spain will withdraw its 1,300 troops from Iraq, barring a United Nations mandate for a continued military presence.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said ‘the war has been a disaster, the occupation continues to be a disaster. . . . There must be consequences. There has been one already,’ he said, ‘the election result. The second will be that Spanish troops will come back.'” —Washington Post

Socialist win stuns press:

“The Spanish press analyses the Popular Party’s shock election defeat in the wake of the Madrid bombings.” —BBC