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June 08, 2003

Dutch To Send 1,100 Peacekeepers To Iraq

The Netherlands will send 1,100 peacekeepers to southern Iraq to join the British-led multinational stabilization force, the Dutch government said.

The Cabinet decided Friday to contribute a battalion of marines under a U.N. Security Council resolution, according to a Foreign Ministry statement posted on its Web site.

Of course, here at TCP we've benefited from Dutch assistance, in the form of Oskar, since the beginning.

Posted By Alan at June 8, 2003 12:36 AM | TrackBack

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Given the composition of the population in Holland, I wonder how many of these "peacekeepers" will be Muslim and speak a bit of Arabic?

Posted by: Theodopoulos Pherecydes at June 8, 2003 06:16 AM

Thank you. More coalition troops are badly needed.

Posted by: PATTI at June 8, 2003 02:01 PM

I hope its not another Burma...

Posted by: devils chewtoy at June 8, 2003 02:51 PM

it's fast becoming a Target-Rich Environment, idnit?

Posted by: Don at June 8, 2003 04:22 PM

unlike your brain, Don.

Posted by: Bubba at June 8, 2003 04:56 PM

It's about time, My husband finally gets to come home

Posted by: erika at June 9, 2003 03:54 PM

I wonder,do the us troops get to come home?Or do they have to stay as well? I just want my husband

Posted by: loraine at June 10, 2003 09:49 PM

My brother, with the Brits, has gone out for a 10 week tour of duty. At the end of that, he comes home for a month, then goes back out for another 10 weeks. Don't be surprised if troops will be redeployed to Iraq. I think we'll have to get used to it for the next 2 years or so.

Posted by: AndyT at June 12, 2003 03:48 PM