[CasearianDaoist]

By then the US and UK hope that the Security Council will have given UN approval to the handover plan.

In addition the interim Iraqi government will be asking foreign troops to stay as part of a UN-approved multinational force.

This news to me. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?

[Dane]

Actually it looks the only way cowardly socialists in Spain will stay with its piddly 1,300 men is to have it under UN control according to a Bloomberg report. The BBC put thier own spin on it as ususal.

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Spain's 1,300 soldiers in the U.S.- led coalition in Iraq will be withdrawn unless there is a United Nations mandate requesting their presence, Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said today

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[OldFriend]

The media playing up his statement without the context. He is insisting the UN take their role as primary caretaker when the US turns over the country on June 30th.