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"Mr President, we are glad the dictatorship in Iraq has come to an end. It should be borne in mind however that the war was not fought simply to end the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. The United States tolerates other dictatorships around the world. Wars are not fought about those. We Spaniards lived for over 20 years under a dictatorship directly supported by the United States.
The stated aim of the war was the elimination of weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons have been found, however.
I would like to point out that a conference was held in the Azores prior to the war in Iraq. It was attended by the United States, the United Kingdom and the Prime Minister of Spain. The last group photograph before the attack on Iraq was taken there. Now the war is over, however, control of Iraq has not been divided between those who attended the Azores conference. It has been divided instead between the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland. Spain has been sidelined. Its involvement does not seem to be consistent with its government’s support for the war.
Much more than the Archaeological Museum has been destroyed in Iraq. There is a great deal of reconstruction work to be done. Let us hope too that the United Nations will once again become the guarantor of world order."@en1
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