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04/21/2004 Archived Entry: "Coalition of the Dwindling..."
Coalition of the Dwindling...
It isn't being reported here yet, but I snagged a translation from a Swedish site from over at DU:
Norway leaves Iraq ahead of Schedule."The plan is to finish the entire assignment". Currently, the entire company is planning to go home - 2 months ahead of the planned departure time.
There will not be an extension. Afghanistan is more important, says the government in Oslo.
The goal is to finish the entire assignment, says Lieutenant Tore Idsöe with the Norwegian Defense Department to NTB on Wednesday. The Norwegian Foreign minister Jan Petersen underscored. "I see no other choice than that of pulling out our engineer troops from Iraq. I regret that there are no good reasons for keeping them there. But it's also important that Norway does a good job in Afghanistan. This is the highest priority, said Petersen after a government meeting at the Stortinget on Wednesday.
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By my informal, casual count, this is the third country in the past four or five days to basically back out on Bush's "coalition of the willing" and our "noble mission."
Posted by Eric @ 04/21/2004 09:47 PM NY
"Afghanistan is more important, says the government in Oslo."
I guess they rather fight the terrorist.
Posted by kuma @ 04/21/2004 10:39 PM NY
