Well, the new Dutch right are surely taking a beating here in Holland now.

[caribmon]

Virus spreads through Dutch troops

AMSTERDAM — Dozens of peacekeeping Dutch soldiers stationed in the south of Iraq have caught a virus and the Defence Ministry is concerned that the number could increase to about a hundred.

There are 700 Dutch soldiers stationed in the war-torn Islamic country as part of the British-led stabilisation force. The troops are patrolling the thinly populated, hot and sandy desert province of al-Muthanna that borders Saudi Arabia.


A spokesman for the Marines said the troops were infected with the virus. He confirmed that military staff had anticipated the soldiers might catch a virus.

"Coalition allies in Iraq have also had to contend with similar health problems," news service Nu.nl quoted him saying on Tuesday.

The vulnerability of soldiers to viruses in the Middle Eastern country is due in part to the extreme heat, the different life style encountered, new foods and a higher concentration of viruses in the air. The virus causes vomiting and diarrhoea.

The Dutch Cabinet decided in June to dispatch 1,100 troops to the SFIR stabilisation force in Iraq to help secure law and order in the region. The heart of the Dutch contingent will be made up of a battalion of 650 marines, supported by a company of the engineering corps, a field hospital, military police and three Chinook transport helicopters and armoured transports.

A military advisor warned the Parliament before it backed the cabinet's decision in June that troops should remain vigilant against renegade Iraqis regrouping in the province after carrying out attacks against Western soldiers.

The troops are expected to remain in Iraq for six months and should any hostilities occur, the sufficiently armed and larger British force has guaranteed to offer the Dutch military support.

[FlashHarry]

1. Link?

Is that the actual headline? (per LBN rules)

[caribmon]

2. Sure is....

See it yourself here.

http://www.expatica.com/main.asp?HRSite=

[CatWoman]

3. He meant that the title of your headline (thread headline)

should be the same as the title of the story.

[umcwb]

4. Locking- LBN rules

According to LBN rules, the title of a thread must be the headline of the article posted. In this case it should be "Virus Spreads through Dutch Troops". You may repost.



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