Poland to Pull Troops from Iraq at End of Year - Reuters

[johnnie]

"WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's government decided on Tuesday to withdraw its troops from Iraq at the end of 2005, making official an earlier proposal, Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said."

"At the time of the expiry of the Security Council's mandate -- meaning at the end of 2005 -- the operations of the Polish stabilization mission should be finished," Szmajdzinski told a news conference after a cabinet meeting."

More:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20050412/ts_nm/iraq_poland_dc


Don't forget Poland...

[Demit]

1. In other words, * can forget Poland.

oops, you beat me to it. I didn't read your last sentence before posting, LOL!

[foreigncorrespondent]

13. LOL!

That is exactly what I was thinking when I saw the headline!

[pokercat999]

2. hahahahaha hahahaha hahahahahaha...but why wait?.....nt

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Poland to Pull Troops from Iraq at End of Year

April 12, 2005

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's government decided on Tuesdayto withdraw its troops from Iraq at the end of 2005, makingofficial an earlier proposal, Defense Minister JerzySzmajdzinski said.

"At the time of the expiry of the Security Council'smandate -- meaning at the end of 2005 -- the operations of thePolish stabilization mission should be finished," Szmajdzinskitold a news conference after a cabinet meeting.

Poland, a close ally of Washington in Europe and one of thefew supporters of its war to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003, hasabout 1,700 soldiers in south-central Iraq, where it runs amulti-national stabilization force.

Szmajdzinski said Prime Minister Marek Belka's government,which opinion polls show losing power in elections due byOctober, would not commit Polish troops to any other missions.

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5678249&cKey=1113302139000


Hey Georgie Boy, it looks like you can forget about Poland.

[Tace]

4. We Can Forget Poland Now : )

[Zerex71]

15. Coalition of the Shrinking

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. This group mind stuff

is getting ridiculous. We all had the same reaction to this headline. LOL.

[liberal N proud]

6. So did 90% of America most likely!

[johnnie]

7. It was just TOO easy..lol

georgie made a fool of himself at the debate, and now we just get to drag it on a bit longer. Hell, I bet even the people of Poland are jumping on this one.

[NNN0LHI]

8. Maybe if Boosh gives than ANOTHER few billion dollars worth of...

...F-16's they might stay a little longer?

Don

[July]

9. So, how long till we're well and truly fucked in Iraq?

Even our biggest coalition allies are reducing or withdrawing their troops in the next year. What happens then?

[johnnie]

10. "So, how long till we're well and truly fucked in Iraq?"

I think you have to go back in time to answer that one.

[July]

12. Good point. nt

[wicket]

11. "You forgot Poland!"

:rofl:

[applegrove]

14. Oh my - there is nobody left is there. And America will be in Iraq

forever (until the oil runs out). And Rumsfield lost the peace. What a horrid mess.

I hope those people all over the ME get the democracy they have been begging for from the US for the last 50 years. I really hope they do.

[emad]

16. Poland confirms Iraq withdrawal

BBC


Poland has said it will pull its troops out of Iraq when the UN mandate for the stabilisation mission expires at the end of this year.

Poland has 1,700 soldiers in Iraq, and leads a multinational security force south of Baghdad.

Polish Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said the troops' mission would end "at the time of the expiry of the Security Council's mandate".

Several other US allies have also set dates for their troops to pull out.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4436165.stm

ALWAYS thought they were dead against the withdrawal method...

[KurtNYC]

17. Ah, so now we CAN forget Poland.

[dweller]

18. "You forgot Pol...errr....

nevermind.


dp

[nine30]

19. OK, so how many more tin-pot countries do we have left in the coalition ?

[emad]

20. UK?High Court Judge last week said Labour's election in Birmingham

was like a banana republic.....

[Dancing_Dave]

21. Polish Troops will Leave Iraq at the end 2005

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's government decided on Tuesday to withdraw troops from Iraq at the end of 2005, making official an earlier proposal, Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said.
"At the time of the expiry of the Security Council's mandate -- meaning at the end of 2005 -- the operations of the Polish stabilization mission should be finished," Szmajdzinski told a news conference after a cabinet meeting.

Poland, one of Washington's closest allies in Europe, runs a multi-national stabilization force in south-central Iraq, where it has about 1,700 soldiers.

http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/46208

[fryguy]

22. so now Poland is forgetting us?

[cliss]

23. Can Poland even afford to be in Iraq?

Think about how much this war is costing the U.S. We are currently spending about $4.9 billion dollars per month in Iraq. We currently have 150,000 troops in Iraq.

If we divide the total $$ by the number of troops, we get $326,666 spent each month per soldier. (whew, that's a lot of money per troop! isn't it? -- and all they get is -- $1,200.00 per month?)

Anyway, let's see how much Poland would be spending per month, using our spending level. We'll just round it off to $300,000 per month.

If we multiply $300,000 X 1,700 we get $51,000,000 per month. This means that Poland is allegedly spending $51 million per month??????

I don't think so. No offense to Poland, but I don't think they have the money. WE don't have the money.

Maybe Rumsfinished greased some palms?

[sonicx]

24. I read at DU that the US is paying for other countries to be in Iraq...

Poland might be one of them.

I forgot. :D

[Moderator]

25. kick to combine

[lovuian]

26. Poland to withdraw troops from Iraq

http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=32c1689062e11aa7



Big News Network.com Tuesday 12th April, 2005

Poland, a stalwart supporter of the U.S. in the military occupation of Iraq, has announced it will withdraw its troops at the end of this year.

The BBC reported Poland would pull its troops out of the country when the UN mandate for the stabilisation mission expires. That is expected at the end of the year.

Poland currently has 1,700 troops in Iraq and has command of a multinational security force south of the capital.

Polish Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said the troops' mission would end 'at the time of the expiry of the Security Council's mandate', according to the BBC report.

more...
The Coalition of the Willing is saying bye bye!!!

[HEyHEY]

27. Insert "you forgot Poland" joke here

[alittlelark]

30. He forgot Poland!!!! .... was gonna skedaddle

( 'skedaddle' - spell check says OK?)

Whatever.... HE FORGOT POLAND!!!!

[dave123williams]

37. THAT'S IT, EXACTLY! Man, I hope the country's happy with what's going to

happen now...I hope we're happy with the idiotic leadership we've got in place now...

[CoffeeCat]

28. Where will the next Coalition of the Willing meeting be?

Oh, that's right--in a phone booth.

And they'll have room to spare.

Poland!! Don't forget Poland!!

That's right Junior...we won't forget Poland...and don't you either.

[lovuian]

29. Italy Poland and others are taking a beating at the Polls

The Europeans want out of Iraq!!!

[CoffeeCat]

31. One more sad, pathetic thing...

You know what. It really doesn't matter--at this point--who is in or out of the "Coalition of the Willing."

The "Coalition" was a mere marketing ploy, designed to give the illusion of global support for Junior's war. They got several countries to commit troops. The "Coalition" served it's purpose; to propagandize the American people and to fool them into accepting this sham of a war.

Junior doesn't give a shit if America stands alone at this point.

He won when the idiots in this country went along with this tripe.

Normally, I'd be happy about this. But it doesn't matter. Junior doesn't give a rip about Poland.

[saigon68]

36. The Sheep of the Country are at rest now.

Baseball has started.

NeckCar is watched in all its "WHITENESS" on TV

Flags fly every where

Yellow ribbons are on at least 1/2 the SUVs

And the churches are full with happy notions that a few hundred thousand RAG HEADS have been sent to ALLAH.


Ahh Spring in amerika </sarcasm>

[wtmusic]

32. What "UN mandate for the stabilisation mission"?

:shrug:

[Behind the Aegis]

33. I guess this means we can forget Poland! n/t

[Voltaire99]

34. Q: How many Polish troops does it take to withdraw from Iraq?

A: 1,700. 1,699 to leave, and one to be shot by the US on the way to the airport.

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.

[LynnTheDem]

35. rotflmao!!!

:D

[dave123williams]

38. Very funny :) First good laugh I've had all week, and probably the last...

[saigon68]

39. LOL

The door to the airport is being ventilated by former Thug GANG MEMBERS now posing as "DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM"

Whatever the Fuck that means!!

[malmapus]

40. LOL gonna remember this one =)

...

[SillyGoose]

41. ROFL!

:spray:

(wipes coffee from monitor)