Spain's Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero gets a reality check. from Breaking News IE

Seems Mr Zapatero tried to have it both ways with Al-Qaeda. He announced in the wake of the Madrid bombings he would withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq but then announced Spain will double its troop contingent in Afghanistan to 250 in August.

Al-Qaeda took notice and didn't take kindly to that. Your new ruler has begun his mandate with more fighting against Muslims and sending more crusade troops to Afghanistan, according to the ministry's text.

In another newly released sentence, the man seen reading on the tape says: We will treat you brutally. We will kill you. We will you bring war to your homes, and you will not be able to sleep at night.

Tourist tip for those Brits going to Spain's Costa del Sol city of Malaga:

Court officials identified two Moroccans arrested yesterday in the Costa del Sol city of Malaga as Abdelghafour Abderrazzak and Mohamed El Barrouchi. The Interior Ministry said a third North African had also been arrested in Malaga.


I hear Iceland is pretty good in the summer. That last election is going to cost Spain more than it could have imagined.