Poland to end Iraq mission next year
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Poland's president gave his approval Friday to a government plan that would end the country's military mission in Iraq by October 2008, his Web site said, a final hurdle in settling on a date for withdrawal.
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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 Monday it expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from Iraq by the end of next year, while Poland and Italy announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.
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Thousands of British soldiers will leave Iraq over the next year, significantly downgrading the country's commitment in the region, the defense secretary said Monday. Poland and Italy also announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.
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WARSAW, October 5  - Poland, one of the main pillars of the US-led occupation in Iraq, will soon fix a date for the withdrawal of its 2,500 troops, its defense minister said Tuesday, October 5, while his Italian counterpart also shocked
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"I don't think he will sign such an agreement"  Poland's prime minister and president clashed Sunday over the future of the country's mission in Iraq, with the premier warning that failure to resolve the dispute could force Warsaw to start withdrawing its 900 soldiers this month.New Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski are at odds over how long to continue the mission, although neither is seeking an immediate withdrawal.Tusk wants to keep Polish troops in Iraq until October 2008 at the latest. However, their current mandate expires Dec. 31, and extending the mission until late next year requires the government to present a new mandate that must be approved by parliament and by Kaczynski, the military's commander in chief. Read more
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Poland, a key U.S. ally in Iraq, should withdraw its troops from the Mideast nation at the end of next year, Poland's defense minister said in an interview published Monday. It was the first time a Polish official has indicated when Warsaw might end its presence in Iraq.
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If other countries follow Hungary in pulling troops out of Iraq, there might not be enough soldiers left to continue a Polish-led international security force, a Polish official warned in an interview published Wednesday.
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Sixty percent of Poles would support an immediate withdrawal of the country's soldiers from Iraq, while more than 70 percent believe their government made a mistake in sending troops there, according to a ...
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Polish troops used no tanks or other tracked vehicles in the ancient city of Babylon, but the presence of foreign troops had a "negative influence" on the site, a spokesman for the Polish-led force in Iraq said ...
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Three Polish soldiers died in a helicopter crash in Iraq on Wednesday, the military said, a day after Poland announced it would cut troop numbers there by one-third.
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WARSAW, Poland &#151; The Polish commander of multinational forces in Iraq recommended Monday that the country's planned elections be moved up by a month to December, saying militants could use an extended campaign to disrupt the vote.
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WARSAW, Dec 3  Poland said today Ukraine's troop withdrawal from Iraq would deal a fresh blow to the already slimmed down multi-national division under its command.
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In April 2003, as the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was ending, the Pentagon projected in a formal planning effort that the U.S. military occupation of the country would end this month.
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Prime Minister Marek Belka promised to reduce Poland's military presence in Iraq from early 2005 and maintain buoyant economic growth if he wins a confidence vote in his minority cabinet Friday.
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Poland says it will scale down its 2,500-strong troop contingent in Iraq from the start of 2005.
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Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka shared a Christmas meal with Polish troops in Iraq on Wednesday in a brief visit to the country, a military official said.