Article: Danish defense minister resigns over Iraq flap

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 ...

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