Travis Edmunds wrote:

> It is sad really that Spain has bent under pressure. Like the 
> subject line 
> says: "Terrorists WIN..."

Juan Cole's latest entry rebuts this charge rather comprehensively:

http://www.juancole.com/2004_03_01_juancole_archive.html#107942407001890
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Professor Cole also includes a rough translation of Zapatero's speech
[those of you who know Spanish could follow the link included and read
his entire speech]. In there is a sentence I hadn't come across before
and which seems to answer Erik's question:

"My most immediate priority is to fight all forms of terrorism (Mi
prioridad mas inmediata es combatir toda forma de terrorismo).And my
first initiative, tomorrow, will be to seek a union of political forces
to join us together in fighting it. " 

The part after the speech's translation is where he addresses the point
raised by Gautam - that the terrorists got what they wanted. 

Ritu
GCU Lazy 




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