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Article: Danish defense minister resigns over Iraq flap
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2004
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TERROR / IRAQ BRIEFING
Danish defense minister resigns over Iraq flap
From Journal Sentinel wire reports
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Copenhagen, Denmark -- The Danish defense minister resigned Friday
as parliament members questioned whether the military exaggerated the
threat posed by Saddam Hussein to justify the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
Svend Aage Jensby stepped down just days after the prime minister
reiterated that Denmark would not pull its troops out of Iraq despite
continuing violence and a failure to find Hussein's alleged weapons
of mass destruction.
Jensby said he was tired of a "smear campaign" by opponents of the
Iraq war.
Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he "deeply" regretted ...