http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20646949.htmSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 20 (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic will withdraw its 300 troops from Iraq "as soon as possible" and Honduras will bring home its 370 soldiers within two months, officials from the two Latin American countries said on Tuesday.
The pullouts, which follow Spain's move to bring its soldiers home, were a double blow to the United States and its coalition allies.
The Dominican Republic's secretary of the armed forces, Lt. Gen. Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, said President Hipolito Mejia had decided on a withdrawal "as soon as possible" after meeting on Tuesday with senior aides. An agreement with the United States on troops in Iraq had been due to expire in June but until now there had been no word on when the Dominican troops would come home.
"The president has decided on the withdrawal of our troops in Iraq as he believes there is no need to run unnecessary risks," Soto Jimenez said.
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