Professional Liar

Earlier today former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar enjoyed the opportunity to be on the spot light again and splurged in his favorite pastime, to tell lies.

To him, it doesn't really matter that months have passed and that his lies and his willingness to profit politically from a tragedy is what brought the defeat of his anointed successor back in March.

Of course, he insisted there was a link between the attacks and ETA, after all, there is a big portion among the Spaniard public that believes him, that wants to believe him, they are the same crowd that longs for totalitarism to be reinstated in Spain, they are the ones that commemorate Franco every year, they are the ones that believe that Spain is one.

But not only the media in Spain is clinging to the lies by Aznar and his underlings, there will be those in the international community that will choose to believe him, because he is a "stalwart ally against terrorism". Just like in the past Francisco Franco was a "stalwart ally against communism".

Don't be surprised if Aznar finally gets that Congressional Medal next year, that is where he is going with all that denial of the bombings not having to do with Iraq.

Aznar, one more thing, remember: "The bombs that they dropped in Baghdad, exploded in Madrid".

Attacks had no link with Iraq, we told the truth: ex-PM Aznar

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MADRID (AFP) - Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar insisted that the March 11 Madrid train bombings were not a by-product of his support for the war in Iraq and told a parliamentary inquiry that his government told the truth in the aftermath of the blasts.

"The March 11 attack had nothing to do with the intervention in Iraq," Aznar said Monday as he gave testimony to a parliamentary inquiry which since July has been hearing evidence from politicians, intelligence officials and police in connection with Spain's worst ever terrorist attack which killed 191 people.

"We told the truth -- it was others who lied and engaged in manipulation," insisted Aznar as he defended his government's initial decision to pin the blame for the blasts, which also injured close on 2000 people, on armed Basque separatist group ETA.

Spain's worst ever terrorist attack came with the country engaged in the final days of campaigning for a March 14 general election which Aznar's rightwing Popular Party (PP) had been set to win under leader Mariano Rajoy, Aznar having long before decided not to seek a third term in office.

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