December 20, 2003
LUNCH IN DIWANIYAH:
Spain's Aznar pays surprise visit to Iraq (Associated Press, , December 20, 2003)
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar paid a surprise visit to Spanish troops in Iraq on Saturday, his office said.In a trip reminiscent of President Bush's Thanksgiving Day visit to U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq, Aznar left Friday night with a 16-member delegation to meet with member of the 1,300-strong Spanish contingent in Iraq, based in the southern town of Diwaniyah.
"He is there now. He will have lunch and come home," an official at Aznar's Moncloa Palace office in Madrid said.
Opposition leaders lashed out at Mr. Aznar, saying the Christmas tree in photos was made of plastic. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 20, 2003 10:31 AM
Comments
Constrast this with Monsieur Chirac's last photo op: In Tuninia, in a school were girls appear not to wear headscraves from what the pictures showed. Now that is a man braving it all for a really important cause.
Posted by: MG at December 20, 2003 11:20 AM