Hungary to pull troops from Iraq
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shakes hands with Hungarian defence minister after a military parade in Budapest, Wednesday. The prime minister said that Hungary would withdraw its 300 troops from Iraq by March 31 next year.
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Poland will pull its troops out of Iraq by the end of 2005, when UN resolution 1546 endorsing the timetable for political transition in Iraq expires, Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski says.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 3  - The United States on Wednesday welcomed Hungary&#39;s proposal to extend the mission of its troops in Iraq by three months, but ignored Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany&#39;s vow to withdraw them by the end of March 2005.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced his plan Tuesday to withdraw troops from Iraq at a ruling party meeting, an official said, moving to end Japan&#039;s largest military mission since World War II.
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British media sources say Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce a large-scale troop pullout from Iraq Wednesday.Comment
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The British Army is to start pulling troops out of Iraq next month despite the deteriorating security situation in much of the country, The Observer has learnt.
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Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said the Hungarian contingent will stay until elections are held in Iraq. He said it was not possible, however, for the troops to remain in the war-torn country past the March pull-out date.
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The new Hungarian government will make a decision on the country's continued participation in Iraq after the U.S. elections, Kossuth Radio reported Tuesday.
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Poland&#39;s Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said Monday his country&#39;s soldiers should be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2005.
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The command of the Polish-led multinational force in Iraq will move out of a camp that includes ancient Babylonian archaeological sites by year's end, Poland's defense minister said Sunday during a surprise visit to the troops.
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Poland&#39;s defence minister sparked confusion Monday by announcing that the country would pull its troops out of Iraq by the end of next year, only to be contradicted hours later by other top government figures.
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The British Prime Minister announces the withdrawal of some British troops from Iraq; Denmark follows suit
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BERLIN In a surprise announcement, Poland said Monday that it would withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of 2005, leaving the US-led multinational forces the task of finding replacements to fill a crucial security role in south-central Iraq.
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Britain said on Wednesday it would begin withdrawing troops from Iraq, triggering a new political standoff in Washington over U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to deploy thousands of extra U.S. soldiers.
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Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Wednesday that Hungary&#39;s decision to pull out of its troops from Iraq will not influence his country.
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In a blow to the US effort to hold the Iraq multinational forces together, Hungary announced yesterday that it will withdraw its 300 noncombat troops by the end of March.
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Poland will pull all of its troops out of Iraq by the end of 2005, with Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski for the first time setting a firm timetable for withdrawal by this key US ally.