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Iraq troops return home safely

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One hundred and three Spanish soldiers from the military base in Almería have returned from a five month tour of duty in Iraq. Operation ´help Iraq´ aims to train units of the Iraqi army in modern soldering. General Juan Jesús Martín Cabrero, head of the Legion brigade in Almería, personally welcomed each of his soldiers back on base by shaking their hands and receiving their salutes. This is the third and last Iraq tour of Continue reading Iraq troops return home safely→

Was the theft of millions of Iraqui Dinars behind arrest of Almerias government lawyer?

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A report – rumour?- has surfaced suggesting that the reason behind the sudden arrest of the government’s legal counsel for Almeria, Demetrio Carmona, was because he had come across -and pinched- millions of Iraqui Dinars seized by the State in the first Iraq war, held in a storeroom in El Ejido and forgotten about. Demetrio was arrested last week in a central government sweep, accused of a “mega scam”, along with at least six prominent Continue reading Was the theft of millions of Iraqui Dinars behind arrest of Almerias government lawyer?→