Honduras says it will follow Spain's lead, withdraw troops from Iraq in Ju

[Judi Lynn]

Honduras says it will follow Spain's lead, withdraw troops from Iraq in June; El Salvador to stay put

FREDDY CUEVAS, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, March 16, 2004


(03-16) 09:49 PST TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) --

Honduras plans to follow Spain's lead and withdraw 370 troops from a Spanish-led humanitarian and peacekeeping brigade in June, Defense Secretary Federico Breve said Tuesday.

The decision marked an about-face from the day before, when President Ricardo Maduro said he would not pull his soldiers from Iraq.

Tuesday's announcement "coincides with the decision of the prime minister-elect of the Spanish government," Breve said.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the socialist candidate who won Spain's elections Sunday, has called the Iraq invasion an error, and said he would recall Spanish troops from Iraq by June 30 unless the United Nations assumes control of multinational military operations there.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/16/international1249EST6577.DTL

[RamboLiberal]

1. Ha Ha - Coalition of the bribed is falling apart

And its interesting exactly how many troops each contributed! Glad we didn't have to fight WWII with this ratio.

Anyone have a list of what each member of the coalition of the swilling provided? Always amazes me when people like Limbaugh and Hannity trots out the nations in the coalition with a straight face.

[revcarol]

3. And they didn't even have any of their troops die.

Unlike Spain.

[JohnKleeb]

6. How many has Spain lost?

Either way this new Spanish PM seems like hes gonna be Bush's nightmare.

[revcarol]

19. Seven or eight, I believe.

I already took my sacks in...

to explain...I picked up paper sacks at church on Sunday, 20 of them. They are for making luminarios at our Mar 20 MEMORIAL FOR THE DEAD. My sacks were Polish and Spanish dead. Each sack was marked with the name and country of the dead person...But I filled them with sand and took them to our collection point so that about 800 sacks would be ready and all we would have to do is put the candle in each, put the luminario out and light the candle.So I don't have the sacks anymore or I could count them.

[izzie]

13. Don't laugh Bush will pay them with our money.

Where does he get all that money he spends. I swear no other president has spent money like this. Congress used to over see the money.

[rocktivity]

2. Looks like the Coalition of the Shilling is beginning to unravel

First Mel Gibson says he has doubts, now this!

:wow:
rocknation

[prodigal_green]

8. Ha Ha!

My family has always referred to it as the "coalition of the billing", but I like shilling too.

[jpak]

4. Will the Netherlands be next????

What about Fiji???

Looks like the C.O.W. ain't so willing no more...

[SoCalDem]

5. Eritrea is dismantling their lemon-ade stand as we type

:)

[mobuto]

7. Mongolia stands firm with the US

The Mongols haven't been in Iraq since the 14th century, but they're there now.

[jpak]

9. Do 180 troops constitute a Horde????

:)

[PsychoDad]

14. And last time they went to Iraq...

They went native and converted to Islam.

[bemildred]

15. LOL. Excellent.

[mobuto]

16. They also sacked Baghdad

and destroyed the Abbasid Caliphate, and Iraq has never recovered.

[rocktivity]

21. It sounds like The Netherlands are wavering

Or is it merely a coincidence that the Dutch prime minister was in DC today?

http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp?type=worldNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=4580901

"It's essential that we remain side-by-side with the Iraqi people," Bush told reporters during a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.

:headbang:
rocknation

[PartyPooper]

10. I wonder just how Rummy and Condi will spin this?

I can't wait to hear their side of the story!

:wow:

[jpak]

11. Was there a terra attack in Honduras that we don't know about?

They can't blame Al Qaeda for this...

[tlcandie]

12. Go Honduras!!!

Yay!!

[robertpaulsen]

17. YEAH!

Payback for using their country as a condom for fucking Nicaragua in the 80's. Not a huge payback, but the point is made.

[Fovea]

18. Ok, I was wrong

I bet that the Ukraine would be next.

[webtrainer]

20. Nicaragua already pulled out their troops . . . too broke

from the sfgate article:

Nicaragua sent about 115 soldiers, mostly sappers and medical personnel, to Iraq last September to join the brigade. Those troops have since returned, and the government announced last month that it lacked sufficient funding for a second contingent.

[mitchtv]

22. the NETWORKS said all the others were firm

could it be someone is lying to us? I wish I remember who said it today, I'd send a link

[Judi Lynn]

23. kick!

:kick:

[David Zephyr]

24. Kick!

[goforit]

25. Triple kick!!!

:bounce:

[Jacobin]

26. Gee, could this be democracy at work?

The leaders of these countries finally bowing to the will of the people they supposedly represent?

This must be stamped out!!! The world must only obey the Chimpanzee!!!

[Just Me]

27. I'll bet the neocon pundits are regretting asserting that,...

,..."you are either with us or against us"!!! Slowly, it seems, the whole world is demonstrating it is against us (our leadership, that is)!