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Danes increasingly in favour of pulling out of Iraq
COPENHAGEN - Danes are increasingly hostile to the presence of their countryâs troops in Iraq, with nearly half of voters wanting their immediate return, an opinion poll published on Monday indicated. Some 47.9 percent of 1,055 people questioned by the Catinet Research institute said they wanted Denmark to pull out of Iraq, with 38.6 percent in favour of remaining, and 13.5 percent undecided.The poll, published by the national Ritzau news agency, indicates a sharp reversal in public opinion about the mission of the 530 Danish soldiers who operated in southern Iraq under British command. âPolls come and go,â Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller said over the weekend, after a previous poll showed that 47 percent of voters wanted a troop withdrawal, against 46 percent who did not. âWe are in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government and the UN,â he said.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-08-30 |
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