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02-07-04, 15:55
Yemen willing to send peacekeepers to Iraq
By AHMED AL-HAJ
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SAN'A, Yemen -- Yemen is willing to send peacekeeping soldiers to Iraq if the deployment had U.N. backing and was under the control of the world body, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that Yemen was discussing plans to send forces to Iraq.
Yemen's move follows that of Jordan's, whose ruler, King Abdullah II, said a day earlier that his country might become the first Arab state to send troops to Iraq.
Abdullah told the British Broadcasting Corp. "Newsnight" program, that "I presume that if the Iraqis ask us for help directly it would be very difficult for us to say no."
Yemen also is considering sending forces to the African nation of Sudan to operate in a similar peacekeeping capacity and under U.N. authority, the officials said.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Yemen%20Iraq%20Troops
:duim: voor Yemen en Jordanie. Ook meteen jammer voor Hirsi Ali's theorie dat moslims niet bereid zouden zijn om andere moslims te helpen.
By AHMED AL-HAJ
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SAN'A, Yemen -- Yemen is willing to send peacekeeping soldiers to Iraq if the deployment had U.N. backing and was under the control of the world body, Foreign Ministry officials said Friday.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that Yemen was discussing plans to send forces to Iraq.
Yemen's move follows that of Jordan's, whose ruler, King Abdullah II, said a day earlier that his country might become the first Arab state to send troops to Iraq.
Abdullah told the British Broadcasting Corp. "Newsnight" program, that "I presume that if the Iraqis ask us for help directly it would be very difficult for us to say no."
Yemen also is considering sending forces to the African nation of Sudan to operate in a similar peacekeeping capacity and under U.N. authority, the officials said.
(...)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Yemen%20Iraq%20Troops
:duim: voor Yemen en Jordanie. Ook meteen jammer voor Hirsi Ali's theorie dat moslims niet bereid zouden zijn om andere moslims te helpen.