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Over 2,000 Polish troops are Iraq-bound
Washington Times ^
| Friday, August 1, 2003
| From combined dispatches
Posted on 07/31/2003 10:49:10 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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SZCZECIN, Poland — More than 2,000 Polish soldiers left for Iraq yesterday, the first in a series of deployments from a Europe that has proved willing to send troops to Iraq despite anti-U.S. pressure from France and Germany.
The soldiers will be part of a 9,200-strong Polish-led multinational division ensuring security in one of postwar Iraq's four zones.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; poland; polishtroops; rebuildingiraq; stabilizationforce
To: JohnHuang2
...Army flag.
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posted on
07/31/2003 11:00:38 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: JohnHuang2
Everyone wants a "piece of the pie" now. I'll send 1 soldier for a small price also.
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posted on
07/31/2003 11:39:00 PM PDT
by
slasher82
To: Coleus; TxBec; kellynla; fatima; Malesherbes; Matthew Paul; Bogolyubski
Ping!
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posted on
08/01/2003 1:01:53 AM PDT
by
JustPiper
(Am I going or are you coming? Socialist Democratic = Commie!)
To: slasher82
To be fair, Poland participated in the initial operation- sending Special Ops troops into Iraq.
To: JustPiper
Bump.
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posted on
08/01/2003 7:58:45 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Once your a head stay a head.)
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