Protesters march against NATO meeting in Spain

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Associated Press

MADRID, Spain — ... The rally was organized by Foro Social de Sevilla, a left-of-centre group associated to the United Left party. Demonstrators paraded through the city centre carrying anti-NATO banners opposing an informal NATO meeting to take place on Feb. 8-9, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

Gaspar Llamazares, leader of United Left, told journalists in Seville that his group felt Spanish troops had entered service in Afghanistan by stealth after the government withdrew forces from Iraq ...

The government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero withdrew troops from Iraq after coming to power in general elections in 2004 but has around 600 troops engaged in peacekeeping duties in western Afghanistan ...

Spain’s parliament limits the number of soldiers it can deploy outside the country at any one time to 3,000 ...

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Thousands support anti-NATO demonstration in Seville
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