https://freerepublic.com/tag/euaid/ en-us Sat, 10 May 2003 14:38:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/909114/posts The German government swiftly rejected a proposal from Warsaw to contribute troops to a Polish occupation zone in Iraq, saying it would not consider any economic or military role in the defeated country without a clear United Nations mandate for reconstruction. This seemed to dash hopes in Washington that Germany would break with France on their mutual insistence upon a major role for the UN in Iraq. Defense Minister Peter Struck told the Bundestag parliament that Germany would not send troops to Iraq as part of a larger unit comprising Danish and Polish troops, government spokesman Bela Anda said on... Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/909114/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2003 14:38:59 GMT