Netherlands to Review Iraq Participation

Netherlands to Review Iraq Participation
By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press Writer

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Netherlands is reviewing participation in the U.S.-led stabilization force in Iraq after a Dutch soldier was killed in a grenade attack, the prime minister said Tuesday.

Jan Peter Balkenende said the death of the soldier Monday, the first casualty among the 1,300-strong Dutch contingent in southern Iraq, was not by itself a reason to leave the country.

"Reconstruction will go on, with all the sorrow of today. The forces of terrorism will not win," Balkenende said, speaking on national television.

But the Dutch will weigh their future deployment based on an expanded role for the United Nations (news - web sites), and he said a new U.N. Security Council resolution regarding the occupation forces would be "desirable."

"When we talk about extending the stay of our troops in Iraq, we will examine the involvement of the United Nations. A resolution would lend greater legitimacy to foreign troops," he said.

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Marijuana, homosexuality, and legalized prostituion are acceptable. The people are open minded and very laid back. Why they are mixed with this country in a war, the world will never know. Kinda like why Gore picked Repug light Lieberman. :puke:

I think that this should be what Kerry's plan for Iraq should include.