Polish troops could leave Iraq in October next year

Tusk announced that the President will receive a document to sign, which will extend the military mission only until the end of October of next year. However, President Lech Kaczyński does not agree to the extension to October as he wants the troops to remain in Iraq for a longer period. "If the President will not sign the request to extend the mission in October 2008, he will be responsible for evacuation of the army," said Tusk, referring to the fact that if the President will not sign the document until the end of this year, the soldiers will have to return immediately as the mandate of the soldiers currently stationed in Iraq expires on 31 December.