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Afghan military equipment to be left behindWednesday 10 March 2010 The Netherlands is set to leave millions of euros worth of equipment in Afghanistan when it pulls out its troops from August 1, the Telegraaf reports on Wednesday. The equipment includes 1,600 armoured containers used as offices and living accommodation, valued at between €22,000 and €40,000 each, as well as ordinary containers, armoured cars, tanks and jeeps, the paper says. The defence ministry is currently looking at what equipment it is worth keeping and what will be left behind. Because no other country has come forward to replace the Dutch, the Americans are likely to step into the gap in Uruzgan, the paper says. But US sources have already made it clear the Netherlands must not try to ask for money for the equipment it leaves behind. 'That would be arrogance of the first order,' one source at Nato headquarters in Brussels told the paper. 'They can leave stuff behind but we will not give a cent for it,' a US military source is quoted as saying. The Netherlands is to start pulling out its 1,600 soldiers and support staff from August. The dispute over the Dutch withdrawal led to the cabinet's collapse at the end of February. © DutchNews.nl Get the DutchNews.nl newsletter in your mailbox: Click here to subscribe
Another fine example of the Dutch government condoning wasteful practices. Wouldn't this be a great way to help plug the budget deficit they're trying "oh so hard" to plug? Oh no, wait....it's only the tax payers money being wasted, so it's OK!! Idiots!! By Caycu | March 10, 2010 12:20 PM Great. Another military adventure that finishes with dead people, millions of wasted euros, a divided society and a broken government. Still someone who thinks this war was a good idea? By Joost | March 10, 2010 2:09 PM Give it to the British troops, they need it, as they have been severely let down by Big Bully Brown! By Gerard | March 10, 2010 5:01 PM I suppose we should leave it all behind... we're lucky to get out alive. It's better we defend ourselves against terrorists on our own soil. By Buzzer | March 12, 2010 1:15 AM |
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"armoured cars, tanks and jeeps"
Some will be donated to the Afghan National Army but the Netherlands doesn't even have tanks in Afghanistan.
By Bob | March 10, 2010 11:30 AM