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The overwhelming majority in Spain opposed their governments participation in Iraq. But International issues rarely contribute to how voters vote. But when an international issue created a domestic one - Madrid train bombing that resulted in a blundered attempted government coverup - then Spanish public suddenly discovered good reason to eliminate the current administration.
Bombing alone was not so much an influence. The government tried to get Basque separatists blamed for the attack when basic evidence clearly pointed to an Islamic terrorist organization. A government blunder that put the final straw on an angry public's back. Within 48 hours, obvious the Madrid train attack was Islamic terrorists. But the administration still tried to claim that Basque terrrorist *might* have done it. That lie was too much even for the man in the street who never reads news. Primary blame should mostly be applied to a government that screwed themselves out of office. They so feared a public backlash against the government for that bombing, that they instead created a public backlash by lying.
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