Australian FM plays down Poland's announcement on Iraq withdrawal
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has declined to reveal any timetable for a possible withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq following a statement by Poland that it is aiming for a pullout by the end of next year.
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Australia's foreign minister warned Monday that pulling U.S. coalition troops out of Iraq too soon could provoke a wider conflict in the Middle East.
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard was defiant about his support for the war in Iraq despite a new report&#39;s finding that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, the basis for the invasion.
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Australia has turned down a diplomatic plea for a contribution to a military force to protect United Nations (UN) personnel in Iraq.
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Alexander Kwasniewski, the Polish president, today said the country had set no date for withdrawing its troops from Iraq despite comments from the defence minister that they should leave by the end of 2005.
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Poland will significantly reduce its number of troops in Iraq by the end of 2005, the country&#39;s defense minister said on Monday.
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Poland&#39;s Defence Minister, Jerzy Szmajdzinski, has said he believes Polish troops should withdraw from Iraq at the end of next year.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Thursday rejected UN secretary-general Kofi Annan&#39;s claims that last year&#39;s Iraq war was &quot;illegal,&quot; while a British
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POLAND WASHINGTON -- The prime minister of Poland told his Parliament yesterday that he would begin reducing the number of Polish troops in Iraq in January, another blow to the US-led coalition that has lost nearly a third of its members this year. Addressing legislators before a vote of confidence, Prime Minister Marek Belka promised, ''We will not remain in ...
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Poland will cut its troops in Iraq early next year and won&#39;t stay in the country &quot;an hour longer&quot; than needed, the country&#39;s prime minister said Friday.
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Australia may increase its assistance to war-ravaged Iraq and Afghanistan but is unlikely to send more combat troops, Prime Minister John Howard announced.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has played down videos of Australian soldiers in Iraq, including one showing a gun held to the head of a kneeling man in Arab dress.
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Poland should withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of next year, Polish leaders said Monday, the first time the key US ally has indicated
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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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday denied he planned to suddenly withdraw troops from Iraq, saying the idea was &quot;absurd&quot;.
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Poland said Friday it plans to reduce the number of its troops in Iraq from early next year and will not remain there "an hour longer than is sensible."
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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.