US-led invasion of the country. "There were none. I say it today," said Aznar who ordered Spanish troops to help in the invasion despite the opposition of a large majority of Spaniards. "My problem is not to have known before, but at the same time no one knew," said Aznar, who along with British Prime Minister Tony Blair was a chief ally of US President George W. Bush over Iraq. Washington had argued that the invasion of Iraq was needed to unseat Saddam because he possessed weapons of mass destruction, but the allegation was debunked after the invasion when none could be found. Aznar should "seek forgiveness" from Spaniards for having participated in this "horrible" war, which still causes "hundreds of deaths every day," Diego Lopez Garrido, a spokesman for the ruling Socialist Party, said Thursday. "Millions of Spaniards and people across the world" knew that such weapons did not exist, added Garrido. Aznar`s conservative Popular Party was voted out of power in a March 2004 general election that came three days after the train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 people.‏