Dominican Republic announces the withdrawal of its troops

[Robbien]

DOMINICAN President Hipólito Mejía has confirmed the "immediate" return of 360 Dominican troops deployed in Najaf and attached to the Plus-Ultra Brigade.

The country’s Secretary of the Armed Forces, José Miguel Soto Jiménez, clarified that the withdrawal would take place "in 15 days at most."

The Dominican Republic sent 300 relief soldier to Iraq in February to replace another group that returned at the beginning of the year after completing their tour of duty there.

The announcement that Spain was withdrawing its troops from Iraq has already taken hold in other countries. The first to follow that decision was Honduras, while other governments have also announced that they are not prepared to stay in Iraq past June 30.

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/abril/mier21/17dominicana.html

[arcane1]

1. hell yes!

:bounce:

the "coalition" is not coalescing very well any more

[thebigidea]

2. doubleplusultragood!

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. the coalitiion is FALLNG APART folks

FAST.

Only bad thing about this is... we do nto have a half a divison to replace those troops... can we all say DRAFT? I think that is why Chuck Hagel was tiptoint around it yesterday.

[AlCzervik]

4. Coalition lite

Same Great Taste, Less Willing!

[Judi Lynn]

5. Amazing. They've really been under our thumb a long time, too. n/t

[damnraddem]

6. Drip, drip, drip.

So much for the Coalition of the Shilling.

Of course, I would check the reliability of a story from Granma.

[cliss]

7. Wow. This is good news. The Coalition of the

Disgusted just gave George W. an F-. An F for failure to disclose everything about the war, F for putting our soldiers in harm's way, and most of all F for being a Fool.

I think it's great that the coalition is packing its bags and heading home. I'm really worried about our troops, though. They're alone there.

[0007]

8. Dominican Republic better watch out cuz the U.S. will quit buying

what-ever than sell. Even warm bodies.