Ukraine to withdraw soldiers from Iraq before December 30

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http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11419117

Ukraine to withdraw soldiers from Iraq before December 30

KYIV. Nov 10 (Interfax) - Ukraine will end the withdrawal of its soldiers from Iraq by December 30, 2005, Ukrainian Defense Minister Anatoliy Gritsenko said.

"According to the plan, our soldiers will celebrate the New Year with their families," he said on Thursday at a press conference in Kyiv.

Gritsenko said that the period from December 20 to December 30 will see three stages of the major part of the contingent withdrawal.

John Kerry would also like the US troops to be home for the holidays:

http://www.johnkerry.com/action/20000/index.php?source=8005




America can no longer tolerate the Bush administration's failed "stay as long as it takes" approach to the war in Iraq. It is time for Congress to demand and for George W. Bush to deliver a clear, concrete plan.

As a first critical step in that direction, I am calling on the Bush administration to respond to the completion of December elections in Iraq by withdrawing 20,000 troops over the holidays.

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1. wish it was a longer story!

Gritsenko said that the period from December 20 to December 30 will see three stages of the major part of the contingent withdrawal.