Polish troops to exit Iraq this year

Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of October, according to a spokesman for the Polish military Thursday.

October 31 will be the last day of the Polish presence in Iraq, Major Dariusz Kacperczyk said, speaking from Warsaw.

The precise date of withdrawal and when security would be handed over to local forces in Qadisiya, the southern Iraqi Shiite province where most Polish troops in Iraq are based, are still being determined, he said.

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