From Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski announced on 25 July that the United States has accepted Polish plans to withdraw most of its 1,700 troops from Iraq at the beginning of 2006 .... "The current [six-month troop] rotation in Iraq will be the last one. By the end of January, we would like to pull [out] the troops and replace them with smaller groups, which could for example help train the Iraqi Army," .... Kwasniewski said that the plan was accepted during a 19 July meeting between Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The exact withdrawal date will be left to the next Polish government, due to be elected this fall. |