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UNCLAS MADRID 000462 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN'S CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE 
BOMBING 
 
REF: SECSTATE 28802 
 
(U) PolCouns shared President Bush's statement on the 
Al-Askariya shrine bombing and other reftel points with MFA 
DG for Middle East and North Africa Alvaro Iranzo on Febuary 
¶23.  Later that day, MFA provided post with the text of the 
Spanish government's public condemnation of the attack. 
Following is post's informal translation of the GOS statement. 
 
Begin text. 
 
The Spanish Government strongly condemns the terrible attack 
that took place yesterday in the Mosque of al-Askariya in 
Samarra, one of the most sacred places of Shia Islam, as well 
as the consequent cycle of violence, and it (the GOS) regrets 
the loss of human lives and of Iraq's historical artistic 
patrimony. 
 
The Spanish Government expresses its full support and 
solidarity with Iraq's authorities and people, and reiterates 
its most categorical condemnation of all terrorist acts that 
sow death and pain, obstructing the possibilities of peace in 
Iraq. 
 
End text. 
AGUIRRE