| RACooper |
11-03-2004 04:23 PM |
Coalition of the Willing?
Well looks like another member of the so called "Coalition" has decided to withdraw from Iraq...
Hungary to pull troops from Iraq
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/nation...raq041103.html
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Last Updated Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:52:32 EST
BUDAPEST - Hungary will withdraw 300 non-combat troops from Iraq by March 31, despite a request from the Iraqi interim government to stay for another year.
"We are obliged to stay there until the (Iraqi) elections. To stay longer is an impossibility," Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said.
The Iraqi elections are due to be held by Jan. 31.
The Hungarian government has been under pressure from its citizens and its opposition parties to bring the troops home.
The Iraqi interim government sent a letter to Hungary about three weeks asking that the troops' mission be extended by about a year "to help Iraq's stabilization process."
Hungary has a transportation contingent of 300 troops in Hillah, south of Baghdad. One Hungarian soldier has died in Iraq.
Gyurcsany, elected in September, said he did not believe in pre-emptive war.
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