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Tue Mar-16-04 11:25 PM
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| Spain Breakdown...New York Newsday (GREAT!) |
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Tue Mar-16-04 11:31 PM
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| 1. Asking The Same Questions Dean Asked - Are We Safer? - The Answer, No! |
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| 2. Spaniards knew what they were rejecting |
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Many Spanish troops serving in Iraq, for example, wore an arm patch depicting the Cross of St. James of Compostela. That insignia commemorates the Battle of Clavijo in 844. According to legend, the Apostle St. James the Elder came down from the sky and killed every Moor - as Muslims were then called - in his path. Ever since, St. James has been called "Santiago Matamoros," St. James the Moor Killer. In July, the Madrid newspaper El Mundo warned: "To put the Cross of St. James of Compostela on the uniforms of Spanish soldiers demonstrates an absolute ignorance of the psychology of the society in which they will have to carry out their mission."
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