Polish Cabinet wants Iraq pullout Oct 31
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Poland's new government formally asked the president Tuesday to approve the country's withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 31, 2008.
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Iraqi extremists in videotape aired Thursday by Al-Jazeera television showed what they said was a Polish woman hostage held in Iraq and demanded that Poland remove all its troops from Iraq.
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A Polish-led multinational division in  charge of security in south-central Iraq faces disintegration  if more countries pull their troops out, Polish officials said  on Wednesday.
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Poland will hand over another part of the zone it administers in Iraq under a planned reduction of its forces next year, Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said in an interview published Friday.
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Warsaw, Poland - Poland envisions a withdrawal of its troops from Iraq by the end of next year, Polish leaders said Monday. It was the first time the key US ally has indicated a timeframe for pulling its soldiers out of the war-torn nation.
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Poland&#39;s defense minister has surprised his colleagues in the country&#39;s pro-US government by suggesting that Warsaw should withdraw its nearly 2,500 troops from Iraq by the end of next year.
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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 ...
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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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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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Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of 2005 according to Poland&#39;s Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski, AFP announced.
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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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"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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If Ukraine withdraws its troops from Iraq, Poland will not assume control over the Ukrainian zone, Polish General Waldemar Skrzypczak said on Tuesday.
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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 Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski flew to Iraq Sunday to rally his country's troops after three Polish soldiers were killed in recent fighting.
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President Ivan Gasparovic and his Polish counterpart Aleksander Kwasniewski agreed during Gasparovic's official two-day visit to Poland that the withdrawal of Slovak and Polish troops from Iraq would ...
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Poland's president said Monday that Warsaw will pull its remaining 900 soldiers out of Iraq by the end of 2007, but no specific date has been set.Comment