Kwasniewski says Polish troops to quit Iraq by end 2005

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Kwasniewski says Polish troops to quit Iraq by end 2005
PARIS (AFP) Oct 04, 2004
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Monday after talks in Paris that Warsaw wants to withdraw all its 2,500 troops from Iraq during the course of next year.

He said no firm date to complete the withdrawal had been decided yet, but that Poland hoped "to finish our mission at the end of 2005."

Poland is the fourth largest troop contributor to the US-led coalition in Iraq, but there is strong popular opposition at home to the deployment.