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About 300 Dutch soldiers were departing for Kuwait on Thursday to prepare for the deployment of about 1,100 troops who will take up duties in war-torn Iraq as part of the British-led stabilisation force. The soldiers will acclimatise in Kuwait before being placed on active duty in the Iraqi province Al-Muthanna. The Al-Muthanna province is a thinly-populated, hot desert region bordering Saudi Arabia and is larger in size than the Netherlands. It is considered a stable area, but a military advisor recently warned the Parliament that Iraqi renegades carrying out attacks on Western soldiers might regroup in the province and that Dutch troops need to remain vigilant. The troops will come under the command of British forces based at the southern harbour city Basra.
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