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Ukraine Begins Iraq Pullout - One Less "Coalition Pardner" For The Lying Cowboy Bush' AdministrationBy Sanjay Sharma, Section News
March 12, 2005 (Kiev): Ukraine withdrew 150 servicemen from Iraq today, starting a phased pullout that officials have said will be completed by October. Earlier this month, President Viktor Yushchenko and top defence officials ordered phased withdrawal of Ukraine's 1,650-strong contingent from the US coalition in Iraq. Ukraine has lost 17 soldiers in Iraq, and the deployment is deeply unpopular among people in the former Soviet republic. (Eventually the world must turn against the American occupation and the Bush Administration's Neo-Con policies, and drive out the Americans from the Holy Land - by covert or overt force in a cycle of endless death, just like the one the Americans have unleashed on the Iraqis, and consequently the rest of the world.)
A company that was based near As Suwayrah left Iraq and is expected to return to Ukraine by Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said. Ukraine strongly opposed the US-led war, but later agreed to send a large contingent to serve under Polish command in central and southern Iraq. The move was widely seen as an effort by former President Leonid Kuchma to repair relations with Washington, frayed by allegations that he had approved the sale of radar systems and other military equipment to Saddam Hussein's regime in violation of UN sanctions.
From ndtv.com - March 12, 2005
Ukraine begins Iraq pullout
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