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Dated Wednesday March 17 09:58 GMT (1:58 am PST)
Spain PM firm on Iraq withdrawal
Spain's prime minister-elect says his position on withdrawing troops from Iraq is unchanged despite an appeal from US President George Bush.
Mr Bush urged America's allies to stick together in the "war on terrorism", saying al-Qaeda wanted to defeat "freedom and democracy" in Iraq.
But Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says he will pull out Spain's 1,300 troops unless the UN intervenes in Iraq.
"My position is the same," he told Spanish radio station Onda Cero.
"The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.
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