Slovaks pull soldiers from Iraq,PM says war wrong

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02237730.htm


Slovaks pull soldiers from Iraq,PM says war wrong

BRATISLAVA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Slovakia has pulled its troops out of Iraq, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday, branding the war there "unjust and wrong".

The withdrawal of 110 Slovak army engineers fulfilled one of the leftist Fico's top campaign promises in a June 2006 election in which he beat the centre-right administration of Mikulas Dzurinda.

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"The war in Iraq is unbelievably unjust and wrong," Fico told a news conference.

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"The entry of foreign armies into Iraq has caused huge tensions. To speak about any democracy in Iraq is a fantasy," Fico said.

"The security situation is catastrophic... and if somebody wants to say today that the situation there has improved, it would be a lie."

[rodeodance]

1. very symbolic move---GREAT

[kenny blankenship]

2. It's gotten old for New Europe, and they're over it

sorry you had to grow up too soon this way.

[global1]

3. Sounds Like He Has *Co's Number........nt

[Benhurst]

4. It's great to see a government with a sense of morality and a

determination to remove its troops from harm's way in defense of the indefensible.

[info being]

8. That's because Slovakia is a democracy

Living here for the past few years, I now know what a democracy looks like.

[maxsolomon]

5. more emboldening

slovaks don't have the stomach for the fight & oceans can't protect them. al queda will soon be attacking slovakia because they didn't fight them there.

:sarcasm:

[TomInTib]

6. That's telling it like it is, Fico.

Do you think we will hear those quotes on the Evening News?

Somehow, I doubt it.

[info being]

7. That's my country. :-D