http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17507424.htmWARSAW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A Polish-led multinational division in charge of security in south-central Iraq faces disintegration if more countries pull their troops out, Polish officials said on Wednesday.
Hungary's parliament on Monday refused to extend the mission of its 300 troops into the new year and Ukraine is also thinking of bringing home its 1,600 soldiers from the 8,000-strong division.
"A pull-out of Hungarian and Ukrainian troops would be a significant reduction," Poland's deputy foreign minister Boguslaw Zaleski told Reuters.
"A disintegration (of the brigade) is possible if more countries were to pull out because we would not be able to control the zone with just Polish troops," he added.
more...Don't forget Poland.
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