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		<title>Spain now willing to take in 5 Guantanamo prisoners</title>
		<link>http://www.spanishnews.es/20100216-spain-now-willing-to-take-in-5-guantanamo-prisoners/id=2203/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajat Anand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain is now willing to take in 5 prisoners from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, as opposed to the two prisoners it had committed to take in last month.  Addressing reporters at a breakfast meeting, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos specified that there would be no security concerns posed by the prisoners. 
Moratinos also added that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Spanish troops likely to be sent to Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajat Anand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spanish Defense Ministry said on Friday that 511 more Spanish troops will be sent to Afghanistan to bolster the security forces led by NATO present there, once the plan is approved by the parliament.
This increase would take the number of Spanish soldiers in Afghanistan to 1600, as said by a spokeswoman from the Defense Ministry. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense Minister Carme Chacon in Afghanistan to meet troops</title>
		<link>http://www.spanishnews.es/20091230-defense-minister-carme-chacon-in-afghanistan-to-meet-troops/id=1895/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajat Anand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain’s Defense Minister Carme Chacon reached Afghanistan on Monday to visit the Spanish troops who are fighting in Baghdis. She arrived in Kabul, and then flew to Baghdis, Afghanistan’s western province to be with the troops from her country. She also paid homage to the Spanish troops who died in Afghanistan by placing a floral wreath [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spain to send more troops to Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.spanishnews.es/20091217-spain-to-send-more-troops-to-afghanistan/id=1807/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rajat Anand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to independent reports, Spain is going support Barack Obama’s new strategy against the Taliban in Afghanistan, for which the country intends to send 500 more troops to the war torn country.
Spain’s Defense Minister, Carme Chacon is expected to make this announcement in Parliament on Thursday. The Defense Minister is also expected to tell whether the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish soldiers head for Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.spanishnews.es/20091102-spanish-soldiers-head-for-afghanistan/id=1446/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Harten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[90 Spanish soldiers have departed by plane from El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) bound for Herat, Afghanistan.
These are the first of 900 troops Spain has committed to Afghanistan; their tour of duty will last for four months.
The new force is supplemented by the helicopter unit of Maneuver Helicopter Battalion, and a Logistics Support Group from Zaragoza.
Most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish and French troops removed from Kyrgyzstan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Harten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spanish and French forces left behind an air base in Kyrgyzstan after their NATO deals to use it as an aircraft refuelling point for forces fighting in Afghanistan were cancelled.
The country cancelled the deals in June, although the US is able to continue to use the air base in Manas, after they agreed to pay a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spain wants dialog with moderate Muslims</title>
		<link>http://www.spanishnews.es/20090924-spain-wants-dialog-with-moderate-muslims/id=1090/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Harten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, conducted an interview with CNN in New York where he encouraged nations to form an alliance with moderate Islam so that they will assist in sorting out the violent radicals of the Muslim countries.  
He also defended the need to continue fighting towards security and peace in Afghanistan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No more than 5 years in Afghanistan for Spain</title>
		<link>http://www.spanishnews.es/20090910-no-more-than-5-years-in-afghanistan-for-spain/id=937/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Harten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carme Chacon, Spanish Defence Minister, stated yesterday that she was hopeful that Spain would be in a position to pull out of Afghanistan sometime within the next five years. This news comes just a couple of days after the government announced that it would be adding 200 additional troops to the 800 already on the ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Spanish troops for Afghanistan?</title>
		<link>http://www.spanishnews.es/20090907-more-spanish-troops-for-afghanistan/id=914/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spanishnews.es/20090907-more-spanish-troops-for-afghanistan/id=914/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Harten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has re-affirmed the country&#8217;s intention to expand the number of military personnel it has stationed in Afghanistan. He said he envisaged that the country will have around 1000 troops working alongside other allies in the war-torn nation; this would be an increase of 200 Spanish personnel.
He will [...]]]></description>
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