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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-04 09:54 PM
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Dominican Republic to Pull Out of Iraq-Joins Coalition of the Unwilling
Edited on Tue Apr-20-04 10:32 PM by bigtree
Wednesday April 21, 2004 3:01 AM


PETER PRENGAMAN

Associated Press Writer

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican Republic will pull its troops out of Iraq early, in the next few weeks, following the lead of Spain and Honduras, Gen. Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez said Tuesday.

The announcement came just two days after President Hipolito Mejia pledged to keep the country's 302 troops in Iraq until their one-year committment ended in August.

``The troops in Iraq will be coming back in the next couple weeks,'' the Dominican Armed Forces general said.

Soto Jimenez said the president changed course based on security concerns for Dominican soldiers after Honduras announced its troops would be pulled back early.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4001429,00.html


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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-04 09:55 PM
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1. lol
Coalition of the unwilling. :)
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-04 10:38 PM
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3. I'm thinking of those soldiers who can't leave now
Edited on Tue Apr-20-04 10:48 PM by bigtree
Shit.

Anyone have any idea how we will be able to convince other countries to fill the gap?
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Sorry. Donating Member (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-04 09:56 PM
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2. hmm
too busy 'allegedly' handing out US M16s to Haitian fascists I presume...
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-20-04 10:40 PM
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4. Well, there goes the coalition !
They may as well pack up and come home....
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