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| Denmark allows its soldiers to fight ISIL in Syria |
| 2017-01-23 |
| Danish troops fighting in Iraq will now be able to cross into Syria as part of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Danish Defense Ministry said in a statement on Jan. 20. Denmark’s parliament authorized special operations soldiers “to perform their tasks in the Iraqi-Syrian border area,” the statement said. “The fight against ISIL is an important foreign and security policy priority for the government,” Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen told the Ritzau news agency after parliamentary discussions in Copenhagen. Samuelsen said the coalition had asked Denmark, a NATO member, to send troops to Syria, but he did not reveal how many or where they would be deployed in the war-torn country, nor when. “The government has, therefore, based on a specific request from the coalition, decided to expand the functions of special operations forces in Iraq and Syria,” Samuelsen said in remarks quoted by public broadcaster TV2. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 I'll have a slice of Havarti dill to celebrate. And some Danish ham. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-01-23 17:08 |