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| Polish Cabinet Wants Iraq Pullout Oct 31 | |
| 2007-12-19 | |
| WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's new government formally asked the president Tuesday to approve the country's withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 31, 2008. The future of Poland's mission in Iraq, where it has 900 troops, has been a source of friction between new Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski. The mission's current mandate expires on Dec. 31. Tusk wants a pullout next year while the president advocates staying in Iraq longer. On Tuesday, Tusk's Cabinet sent a motion to Kaczynski - the military's commander in chief and a staunch U.S. ally - asking him to extend the mission only until Oct. 31, 2008, a government statement said. ``The government hopes that the president will agree to ending Poland's mission in Iraq by October 2008,'' Defense Minister Bogdan Klich said after the session. Presidential aides had signaled previously that Kaczynski might withhold approval of a plan that limits the mission to that date, but both sides have said they are open to discussion.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 See also BLOOMBERG > NATO WAR STRATEGY UNRAVELS AS CANADA THREATENS TO PULL FORCES OUT FROM AFGHAN WAR. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-19 19:20 |