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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Dutch soldier killed in Samawah |
| 2004-05-11 |
| A Dutch soldier was killed and another injured in a grenade attack Monday night in the southern Iraq city of Samawah where Japanese troops have also been deployed, local security officials said. They were the first casualties among the Dutch troops deployed in the city for Iraq’s reconstruction. Dutch politicians call it a catastrophe, it’s just a matter of time now and the Dutch make their blitz exit. |
| Posted by:Murat |
| #19 HA! Obviously Evert V has a good grip on life - If he is representative of the Dutch, we have little to be concerned about a Spanish solution. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-11 12:16:50 PM |
| #18 Yeah, What Robert said. Outa here and Back to the grindstone :-) Murat: Being perpetually angry is very bad for you. |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-05-11 10:57:34 AM |
| #17 About 57 percent of Dutch respondents to the most recent poll think the country's troops can't stay in Iraq ``under the present circumstances.'' Well, Murat, that's not surprising, since the story you pointed to earlier said the Dutch mission was already scheduled to end on June 30th! |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-11 10:31:37 AM |
| #16 A large portion of the problems we are currently experiencing in Iraq are a DIRECT result of the Turkish betrayal and treachery. It is as bad, arguably worse, than that of France. |
| Posted by: docob 2004-05-11 10:28:39 AM |
| #15 And Evert About 57 percent of Dutch respondents to the most recent poll think the country's troops can't stay in Iraq ``under the present circumstances.'' That figure rose to 67 percent of respondents in the case of a direct attack on Dutch soldiers. http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a03HhFPq1hag&refer=top_world_news |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-05-11 10:28:03 AM |
| #14 Oh that, Jan-Peter Balkenende is a public relations disaster, he means well but for some reason always manages to pubicly overreact to things.(very bad spin-doctors) With te level of training our troops recieve nowadays, I dont think there will be much sacrificing done on our side, but only time will tell. |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-05-11 10:24:44 AM |
| #13 they took the opportunity not to stab us in the back, unlike the unfaithful Turks. Watch your backs here, RB'ers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-11 10:24:35 AM |
| #12 Continue on Evert BBC: Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende and Defence Minister Henk Kamp have cut short foreign trips to return to Amsterdam for consultations. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3703341.stm Canceling foreign trips at the first casualty? What when more casualties occur, or let me ask it this way, how many soldiers are the Dutch prepared to sacrefise (personally I think that number is not that high) |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-05-11 10:14:52 AM |
| #11 Besides, where do you get your information about: "Dutch politicians call it a catastrophe" from? There's certainly nothing like that in the news here. |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-05-11 10:14:39 AM |
| #10 I suspect the Dutch honor their alliances better than the Turks. (Did I say that out loud?) |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-11 10:14:24 AM |
| #9 Murat: with the current government in place, there is not a chance that the troops will be pulled out, and we have no elections coming up so no jihadi-enforced regime change here. I think the Dutch will surprise ya yet. |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-05-11 10:11:37 AM |
| #8 Maybe not yet but soon probably, when was your parliament going to decide whether the mission is going to be prolonged Evert V., and what will the decission be when the danger in samawah grows? I have nothing personal against the Dutch but I don't think they are very brave militarily or maybe they don't accept casualties and rather pull back. |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-05-11 10:07:30 AM |
| #7 sorry to dissapoint ya Murat, doesnt look like the dutch are running away from where I am sitting (In Holland) |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-05-11 9:42:51 AM |
| #6 Bulldog, Yeah buddy, that means ofcourse if the Greeks can finish their olympic stadion in time |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-05-11 8:59:56 AM |
| #5 Oh no, not Honduras! We can't hold the Unilateral Coalition together without Honduras. |
| Posted by: Homer 2004-05-11 8:28:16 AM |
| #4 Still got plans to go to the Olympics, Murat? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-05-11 8:27:45 AM |
| #3 The Greeks can have Troy. I hear the Olympic construction is just a cover for some equine building project. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-05-11 8:25:57 AM |
| #2 How about Troj, that one we have occupied too, oh right I forgot you sent your national hero (Brad Pit) to liberate. Well seems that Iraqis changed their tactics, scaring of the allies, let see Spain, Dominican republic, Honduras done, next to follow: the Netherlands, Japan, Bulgaria, Poland.... Blair |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-05-11 7:54:36 AM |
| #1 Not as fast as the Turks fled Messopotamia, Arabia, Transjordan, and Syria. Free Constantinople from Seljuk occupation. Liberate Kurdistan. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-05-11 7:16:34 AM |