Small group of Dutch troops to stay in Iraq

A small group of 14 Dutch soldiers will probably stay in Iraq until early 2009 as part of a UN mission to train local military and security organisations, said defence minister Henk Kamp on Thursday evening. A parliamentary majority support the six month extension of the operation which began in 2005.

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