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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Tuttles Almanac" |
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01 Dec 2005 09:57:03 PM |
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U.S. Allies Pulling Out of Iraq |
Two U.S. Allies Pulling Out of Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_crumbling_coalition;_ylt=AmKgpP0f19_AHZGVKLmVW1Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Iraq are withdrawing forces this month and a half-dozen others
are debating possible pullouts or reductions, increasing pressure
on Washington as calls mount to bring home U.S. troops.
Bulgaria and Ukraine will begin withdrawing their combined 1,250
troops by mid-December. If Australia, Britain, Italy, Japan, Poland
and South Korea reduce or recall their personnel, more than half
of the non-American forces in Iraq could be gone by next summer.
In the months after the March 2003 invasion, the multinational force
numbered about 300,000 soldiers from 38 countries — 250,000 from the
U.S. and 50,000 from other countries. The coalition has steadily
unraveled as the death toll rises and angry publics clamor for
troops to leave.
In the spring, the Netherlands had 1,400 troops in Iraq.
Today, there are 19, including a lone Dutch soldier in Baghdad.
Struggling to shore up the coalition, Bush stopped in Mongolia
on his recent Asia trip and praised its force of about 120 soldiers
in Iraq as "fearless warriors."
At least 2,110 U.S. service personnel have died since the beginning
of the Iraq war, according to an Associated Press count. At least
200 troops from other countries also have died, including 98 from
Britain. Other tolls: Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13;
Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands,
Thailand, two each; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, one each.
Underscoring mounting opposition in nearly all coalition countries,
a poll published in Japan's Asahi newspaper this week showed 69 percent
of respondents opposed extending the mission, up from 55 percent in January.
No margin of error was given.
South Korea, the second-largest coalition partner after Britain,
is expected to withdraw about 1,000 of its 3,200 troops in the
first half of 2006. The National Assembly is likely to vote on
the matter this month.
Italy's military reportedly is preparing to give parliament a
timetable for a proposed withdrawal of its 2,800 troops.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government has said it plans to
withdraw forces in groups of 300, but in accordance with
the Iraqi government and coalition allies.
Poland's former leftist government, which lost Sept. 25 elections,
had planned to withdraw its 1,400 troops in January. The new defense
minister, Radek Sikorski, visits Washington this weekend for talks
on Poland's coalition plans, and the new government is expected to
decide by mid-December whether to extend its mission beyond Dec. 31.
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, head of the Australian Defense Force,
has said about 450 troops in the southern province of Muthanna could
leave by May. Australia has about 900 troops and support staff across Iraq.
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| User: "Neolibertarian" |
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| Title: Re: U.S. Allies Pulling Out of Iraq |
05 Dec 2005 09:48:58 PM |
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In article <11ovhgf9ff7da35@corp.supernews.com>,
Tuttle's Almanac <Harry.Tuttle@brazil.plumbing.gov> wrote:
Two U.S. Allies Pulling Out of Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_crumbling_coalition;_y
lt=AmKgpP0f19_AHZGVKLmVW1Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Iraq are withdrawing forces this month and a half-dozen others
are debating possible pullouts or reductions, increasing pressure
on Washington as calls mount to bring home U.S. troops.
Bulgaria and Ukraine will begin withdrawing their combined 1,250
troops by mid-December. If Australia, Britain, Italy, Japan, Poland
and South Korea reduce or recall their personnel, more than half
of the non-American forces in Iraq could be gone by next summer.
These withdrawal dates were agreed upon back in 2003.
And what vital functions were they fulfilling in the first place?
--
NeoLibertarian
Global Warming: It ain't the heat, it's the stupidity.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: U.S. Allies Pulling Out of Iraq |
05 Dec 2005 10:36:18 PM |
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The next step is to put Tony Blair's government and the entire Bush
Administration on trial as war criminals. If you do the crime you
should do the time!
IB
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