Terrorists have to know that (in Spain) there is going to be a government that is inflexible with terrorism and that wherever they are, they will be hunted down. This has been my policy since I was leader of the opposition.

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Wars such as that which has occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate.

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Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

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Maybe John Kerry does not know – but I am happy to explain it to him – that my commitment to withdraw the troops goes back before the tragic, dramatic terrorist attack.

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Terrorists are going to find us facing them and that together we are going to win.

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I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.

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My commitment is my commitment.

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If the United Nations does not take over the situation and there is not a rethinking of this chaotic occupation we are living through, in which there are more dead in the occupation than in the war phase, the Spanish troops are going to return to Spain.

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You can't bomb a people just in case.

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