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Aznar Testifies in Madrid Bombings Inquiry 
Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar defended, Monday, November 29, 2004, his decision to initially blame the March 11 train bombings on ETA Basque separatists, saying he never lied about the attacks. Aznar testified to a parliamentary commission that is investigating the bombings of four commuter trains that killed 191 people and injured 1,900. The conclusion of investigators that Al-Qaeda was to blame instead of ETA undermined Aznar's party because of its support for the US invasion of Iraq.