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Spanish Defence minister asks for inquiry into retired officers who called for 'firing squads'
MATEO BALÍN
The Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, has asked for State prosecutors to look at the content of an incendiary phone-message chat among some retired Spanish air force officers. Controversy built last week after it emerged that the private ... military uprising". The messages were revealed by the Infolibre website and were reportedly written by the retired military men, all over 70. Some members have come forward to distance themselves from the content. The messages criticise the current
