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New Zealand says to withdraw all troops from Iraq by June
WELLINGTON (IraqiNews.com) ‐ New Zealand announced on Monday that it would withdraw all of its troops from Iraq by next June following the defeat of the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... bad boy group. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the number of New Zealand troops will be reduced to 75 by July and then to 45 by January before all the troops all withdrawn, FOX News reported. Ardern also announced New Zealand will reduce the number of defense force personnel it has posted in Afghanistan from 13 to 11. The South Pacific nation has a small contingent of 95 so-called noncombat personnel deployed at the Taji Military Complex northwest of Baghdad, where they are tasked with training Iraqi security forces. The training mission is a joint operation with Australia, which has about 300 troops stationed at Taji. Australia has not made any announcement about its long-term plans at the base. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-06-11 |
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