An al-Qaida videotape threatening more terrorist attacks against Spain singles out the incoming Socialist government for its decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said today.

The incoming Spanish Socialist government, under pressure over its plans to withdraw Spain’s troops from Iraq, has agreed to double the country’s contingent in Afghanistan to 250 soldiers this summer.

A SENIOR Spanish Socialist Party politician, José Bono, said on TV that Mr Blair was “un gilipollas integral” (a complete dickhead) in connection with the Iraq war.