Conservatives are voted out in Spanish backlash to war in Iraq.OPPOSITION Socialists scored a dramatic upset in Spain's general election yesterday, unseating once- favoured conservatives stung by charges they provoked the Madrid terror bombings by supporting the US-led war inIraq and made Spain a target for al-Qaida. It was the first time a government that backed the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. has been voted out of office,and brings to power a party led by lawyer Jose Luis Rodriguez Luis Rodriguez or Luis Rodríguez can refer to different people:
The Socialists declared victory with 96% of the votes counted after an election overshadowed by the Madrid rail bombings that killed 200 people and wounded 1,500. According to the near-complete results the Socialists soar from 125 seats in the outgoing 350-seat legislature to 164 in the next one. The Popular Party would fall to 148 from 183. Rodriguez Zapatero began his victory speech with a minute of silence for those killed in the terror attacks. ``Today voters have said they want a change of government,'' saidZapatero, of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party There are various political parties using the name Socialist Workers' Party throughout the world. Socialist Workers' Parties include:
But it was still a spectacular win that capped four tumultuous days. The Socialists ruled Spain from 1982-1996. |
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