Danish troops withdraw from Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

http://europe.courrierinternational.com/eurotopics/article.asp?langue=uk&publication=01/08/2007&cat=POLITICS&pi=1

The four-year deployment of Danish troops to Iraq ends today. Six Danish soldiers lost their lives in that time. The decision to send Danish soldiers to Iraq was highly controversial, but according to a Gallup survey, 57 percent of the population support further foreign operations. The newspaper also wants the country to continue military operations abroad, but only with a UN mandate. "The starting point must be to continue supporting the United Nations, so that peace operations can be independent of the US and the EU. We need a strong United Nations that can confer legitimacy on solutions to problematic issues. snip

[frogcycle]

1. OK, that's it

We have to leave. No more danish!
Next thing you know they'll run out of coffee.


edit - ok, Iraq is nothing to joke about. Agreed. but sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying.

Incidentally that number of 74 in July they were bragging about on the news yesterday? Well, it's 80.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. Freedom ham from now on!

[rodeodance]

3. The 'coalition of the willing' is dwindling down down down

[SidDithers]

4. They're taking their snow shovels and heading home...

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/07/11/900247.htm

I wish them safe journey.

Sid

[NNN0LHI]

5. You didn't forget the snow shovels

I didn't either but I was too lazy to look up the story. Thanks for doing the work.

Don

[SidDithers]

6. You do enough posts with links around here...

I'm happy to be able to jump in :hi:

Sid

[tabasco]

7. They only had 460 troops in the "coalition."

This has been an effectively unilateral US operation from the get-go.