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12月20日付のEL PAIS紙から。
アスナールがイラクのスペイン軍基地を電撃訪問。兵士と昼食を共に。猿のサルマネ?
いくら近頃人気が落ちてきたとはいえ、ここまでやるかねえ。逆効果だと思うが。兵士たちがびっくりしたって? そりゃそうだろう! ところで、小泉さんも「3番煎じ」をするんでしょうかね。
今回は翻訳の時間がありませんので、英文(機械翻訳)丸投げで失礼します。
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Aznar visits by surprise the Spanish troops in Iraq
The president, who has traveled accompanied by the minister of Defense, has shared lunch with the outstanding military in Diwaniya
ELPAIS.es/EFE - Madrid/Diwaniya
20/12/03
The president of the Government, Jose Maria Aznar, has traveled this morning to Iraq in a visit surprise to the outstanding Spanish troops in the base of Diwaniya. Aznar has crossed the facilities of Spain Base and it has met with the local authorities. The president, who has traveled accompanied by the minister of Defense, Federico I beat, has shared a lunch with the military and later he has undertaken the return to Spain.
Aznar has arrived at the base of Torrejón de Ardoz, in Madrid, to ten at night. With the visit today lightning, the president of the Government deals to emulate the effect blow that gave the American president, George W. Bush, the past 27 of November with his trip to Bagdad, where he shared table and table cloth with the American troops, who did not hope that the traditional turkey of the Thanksgiving day, outside served by the very same president.
Aznar there are arrived AT the bases of Torrejón de Ardoz, in Madrid, to ten AT night. With the visit today lightning, the president of the Government deals to emulate the effect blow that gave the American president, George W. Bush, the past 27 of November with his trip to Bagdad, where there am shared table and table cloth with the American troops, who did not hope that the traditional turkey of the Thanksgiving day, outside served by the very same president.
Today, Aznar has arrived at Base Spain to 10,50 local time (8,50, Spanish peninsular hour) and has initiated the return towards the 13,00 (Spanish hour) after sharing food with the military, most of desconocedores them until the last moment of the visit of the head of the Executive. The menu that uses the soldiers every day has undergone today a slight variation. The visit of Aznar has taken to its tables jamón, digs and traditional turrón navideño. The rest of the food has been the anticipated one initially: lentils with garlic sausage, roasted alitas of chicken, salad and fruit. The head of the Executive has gone of table in table having shared impressions with the surprised military and asking to them all of them for his mood and thanking for his presence to them in Iraq.
In addition to I beat, which five days ago already it visited Base Spain, the president has been accompanied in its trip to Iraq of the Secretary of State by Defense, Fernando Brown, coordinating Diaz of the program of Aid to Iraq, the Secretary of State of Communication, Alfredo Timermans, the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Government, Javier Zarzalejos, and the assistant director of the Cabinet of the president of the Government, Javier Fernandez-Lasquetty. Next to them, also the head of the General Staff of Ejercito de Tierra has left Madrid, general of Ejercito Luis Alejandre Sintes.
Lunch with the soldiers
Before eating, and agreeing with their arrival to Diwaniya, the military commands have accompanied to Aznar in a route by the facilities of the base, in which are almost 1,000 of the 1,300 Spanish soldiers in Iraq and more of a hundred of Nicaraguan cash. In addition, the head of the Executive has maintained a brief encounter with local authorities. Thus, Aznar has greeted the provincial governor, to the lieutenant governor and several local heads of tribe and notables. Later, the president has met with the brigadier general Fulgencio Coll and the rest of military commands, that have made a detailed exhibition of the situation in the Arab country.
Aznar also has visited other facilities of Spain Base, among them, locutorio of Internet that has still not been inaugurated, the medical unit, the element of logistical support and the Advanced Medical Step. Finally, Aznar has had lunch with the troops before undertaking return to Spain, where it is predicted that this same night arrives. Altogether, four hours of visit.
An awaited encounter
Although weeks back Moncloa had pointed the possibility that Jose Maria Aznar visited in dates near Christmas the Spanish forces in Iraq, the confirmation of the date and the details of this trip have stayed privily for security reasons. In similiares circumstances the visit of president Bush took place, although in that case, the news was only presented when the agent chief executive had returned to the White House. Periplo of Aznar began last night to 23.30. To that hour, it embarked in a Airbus of the Air Force, that left from the Madrilenian base of Torrejón to Kuwait. At first hour this morning it arrived at a base next to Kuwait City. From there, one hour later started off in a Hercules airplane to the base of Tallil, in that the British are unfolded and where he waited for general to him Fulgencio Coll, head of the Brigade Extreme Extra. Later it has undertaken flight in a helicopter Superpuma of the Ground forces until arriving, 45 minutes later, to Diwaniya. When landing in the base and like prevention, an escort helicopter has sent anti-missile flares.
The surprise of the soldiers
For security reasons, the visit of the president to Base Spain has not been announced to the clear ones. Only the outstanding journalists in the zone have received a warning at daybreak so that they went to Diwaniya, where was going away to produce a "important visit", according to the special envoy of the COUNTRY has related Miguel González. Already in the base, the soldiers have not received the news until the same entrance of Jose Maria Aznar in the facilities to the shout of "attention, the president".