Yahoo! News - Spanish PM Pledges to Bring Home Troops
LONDON - Spain's newly elected prime minister pledged to bring his peacekeeping troops home from Iraq by June 30. All other governments helping rebuild Iraq said they would stay the course, but there were signs of nervousness after the Madrid bombings and the Spanish government's defeat at the polls.

Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's remarks Monday came as Spanish police investigated whether Thursday's coordinated bombings were carried out by Islamic extremists — possibly al-Qaida — intent on punishing Spain for its support for the U.S.-led war. The blasts killed 200 people and wounded about 1,600.

Sticky situation. Pulling out seems to give the terrorists a victory, but, if that is the will of the Spanish people, then why shouldn't they? There was also this caveat-

Zapatero described the war as an "error" and said Monday he would bring the 1,300 Spanish peacekeepers home by June 30 unless the United Nations takes control in Iraq.

This, to me, seems reasonable. Let's hope the US doesn't turn on Spain the way we have turned on France, etc. Already the catcalls of "cowards" have started. It seems we are doing our best to alienate the entire world.