Spain: an example for us all
by SALIM LONE, former director of communications for the UN mission in Iraq

It is the Iraq war itself that has for a year provided terrorists with a great boost. Spain's exit has nothing to do with lack of commitment to fight terror: rather, it was at the heart of the Socialists' electoral platform, and was in tune with the 90 per cent of Spaniards who opposed the war. The incoming prime minister's policy — making fighting terrorism his first priority without being embroiled in Iraq, and pushing for UN leadership for the Iraqi transition — is exactly what's needed to make the world safer.

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