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04/18/2004:

"Eleven more U.S. troops die in Iraq"

Spain to withdraw troops 'in the shortest time possible'

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. troop deaths in Iraq reached 700, with 504 killed in combat, on Sunday as the military added 11 American casualties to the war's death toll.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, meanwhile, said Sunday that he will withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq "in the shortest time possible."
www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.main/index.html

New Spanish Prime Minister Orders Troops Withdrawn From Iraq As Soon As Possible