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| Not All Spaniards are Idiots |
| 2004-03-17 |
| About 5,000 people gathered outside the conservative Popular Party’s headquarters in downtown Madrid. Waving Spanish flags and banners, they were protesting the upset win by Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in Sunday elections that were shaken by terrorist bombings three days earlier. "Zapatero, president of al-Qaida," "Zapatero with terrorism" and "Zapatero resign," they chanted. The protesters dispersed about 30 minutes after the Popular Party’s defeated candidate, Mariano Rajoy, appeared and applauded at a balcony. |
| Posted by:growler |
| #3 5,000 isn't very many. I'm expecting the shrine of Santiago de Compostela to be converted into the 17,467th most holy mosque in all Islam any decade now, unless old Matamoros rises from his grave to encourage his people in their time of testing. Maybe the old war cry "Santiago y cierra España" will be heard again. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2004-3-17 10:09:15 PM |
| #2 It's nice to be reminded sentiments aren't unanimous. This and the story about the French driver trying to run over Osama help take away some of the sting of recent news. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-3-17 1:51:08 PM |
| #1 nice to read this,maybe not everything will be as black as we've been thinking it will be. |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-3-17 1:40:46 PM |