A terrorist bombing in Spain was successful in influencing their election and getting a policy change on Spain’s involvement in Iraq. There has been speculation that the increased violence in Iraq the last few months was an effort to influence our election and therefore our policy on Iraq.
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Turnout was high at 76 percent with voters seeming to express anger with the government, accusing it of provoking the Madrid attacks by supporting the U.S.-led war in Iraq, which most Spaniards opposed.
The election was thrown wide open by a reported al Qaeda claim that it was responsible for Thursday's Madrid train bombings to punish the government for supporting the Iraq war.
Before Thursday, the Popular Party had been favored to win by a comfortable margin.
CNN.com - Spain: Poll triumph for*Socialists - Mar 15, 2004 |