Spanish troops out of Iraq
27/04/2004 17:10  - (SA)  

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Madrid - Spain has completed the withdrawal of its peacekeeping troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Tuesday.

"Today as of 16:00 hours, no Spanish member of the Plus Ultra II brigade remains in Iraq," Zapatero told parliament in a debate on his decision to withdraw the 1 300 troops.

The Plus Ultra brigade is the name for the Spanish contingent, which was stationed in the south-central Iraqi cities of Najaf and Diwaniya.

Zapatero said the only Spanish military personnel who remain in Iraq are logistics experts assigned with shipping home military equipment.

He said these people should be out of Iraq by May 27.

- AP

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