Like Bush, Spanish PM has a big credibility problem...

According to the Guardian:

"An angry crowd of 5,000 defied police orders against demonstrating on the day before an election gathered outside the headquarters of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's People's Party last night shouting: 'Our dead, your war!' and 'Before we vote, we want the truth!'

'You must leave. You cannot have a demonstration or any other kind of [political] act on the day of reflection,' a police officer told the swelling crowd before van-loads of riot police began arriving late in the evening.

Spontaneous demonstrations broke out in several other Spanish cities, including the Basque city of Bilbao, where 8,000 gathered.

Today's Spanish general election has been completely overshadowed by the attacks, as Aznar and his government were accused of a politically motivated cover-up.

Even before the tape or the arrests were known a growing undercurrent of opinion wasquestioning the official line that the Basque separatist terror group ETA is the main suspect, and blaming Aznar for holding back information, was circulatinglast night and the arrests threw petrol on people's already simmering resentment.

'We are just people who want the truth. Our pain has been caused by Aznar's support for Bush,' said protester Kika Castejon. "