Dutch Reject Request for More Troops
<i> Reuters</i>
THE HAGUE —
The Netherlands Defense Ministry said Wednesday that it has rejected a British request to send more troops to the Persian Gulf to strengthen the West’s alliance in the region against Iraq.
The British asked the Netherlands to contribute a chemical decontamination company of about 150 soldiers and an engineer support unit of similar size to the gulf effort.
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