American 'coalition' falling apart in Iraq

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Wednesday April 07, 2004 05:11

by David C.

The 'coalition' of the bullied and the bribed is falling apart.

 Spain's incoming prime minister plans to withdraw his nation's 1,300 troops unless the United Nations assumes direct control.

 Honduran officials say they will pull their 370 troops out of Iraq during the summer.

 U.S. military officials in Iraq have speculated that El Salvador, Nicaragua and possibly the Dominican Republic, all parts of the Plus Ultra Brigade serving with the Spaniards, would also depart.

 Guatemala President Oscar Berger said his nation would not send troops as promised.

 President Bush was unsuccessful last month in lobbying the Dutch prime minister to keep his nation's 1,300 troops in Iraq beyond June.

 South Korea has announced that the 3,600 troops it promised to send to Kirkuk to relieve the United States' 173rd Airborne will not go because of U.S. pressure to participate in "offensive operations."

 Poland's President, Aleksander Kwasniewski, is reported to be considering withdrawing his troops earlier than they were scheduled to depart. "They deceived us about the weapons of mass destruction, that's true" said Kwasniewski about the Americans. "We were taken for a ride".

 Thailand may withdraw its forces from Iraq earlier than planned due to concerns about violence in the country after the United States transfers power to Iraqis on June 30, a Thai Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Palangun Klaharn, said Saturday.

 Australian opposition leader Mark Latham says that the country’s troops might be withdrawn from Iraq by Christmas if Labor wins the next general election, as seems likely.

 The head of Japan's Self-Defense Forces called Tuesday for a review of the Japanese role in Iraq, the Kyodo news agency said.

Inquiries into the intelligence fiasco that was used to justify the invasion of Iraq are underway in the United Kingdon, Denmark, Australia and the United States.

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UPDATE...UPDATE...UPDATE...

Wed Apr 07, 2004 20:42

 Kazakhstan will pull its troops out of Iraq when the tour of its present contingent ends in May, Defence Minister Mukhtar Altynbayev said on Wednesday. Altynbayev also said the Central Asian state's troops, about 30-strong, had been ordered confined to its camp until tensions abated around the southern town of Kut, where they are deployed.

Wed Apr 07, 2004 20:18

 Norway is studying the option of pulling its troops from Iraq after ending its mission due to the worsening security situation, Ministry of Defense's Spokesman Kaare Helland-Olsen told KUNA on Wednesday. Norwegian Television Channel two quoted Foreign Minister Jan Peterson as saying that his country is thinking of concentrating on other world areas and not Iraq because "we intend to withdraw our troops from Iraq".

Vultures soon to lose their wings

by starstruck - UCD Left

Wed Apr 07, 2004 16:54

The vultures of U.S imperialism with a lust for blood and oil are having their wings slowly trimmed away.But vultures fly in groups and we should not forget the guilt of the other family members including ourselves.
Yes thats right we are guilty through our complicity with the war machine of gross crimes against humanity.
How can we repent?By working tirelessly to get the war criminals out of the Dail and sending a clear message to Gee Dub on the 25th and 26th that we are not a nation who approves of terrorism whatever its motivation.
As RATM say -"lets take the power back"
"the land of the free,whoever told you that is your enemy"
Nice summary article above.

40 Iraqis dead

by Donnacha

Wed Apr 07, 2004 16:51

Soldiers know what the risks are, Mosque-goers are unlikely to expect a US missile to fall from the sky.

12 soldiers killed in one attack

by jh

Wed Apr 07, 2004 15:18

very bad :/

well, duh

by jeff

Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:46

UN better get a mandate-it's either that or seal Iraq's borders. Military and Realpolitik will be stationed in Jordan, Saudi (possibly), and Turkey to prevent terroists either leaving or going into the country. I cannot see the US going it alone. Iraqnam.

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