BBC NEWS: Danish army evacuates 200 Iraqis
The Danish military has secretly airlifted out of the country about 200 Iraqis who were helping its troops.
The Iraqi civilians, mostly those working as aides and translators in the southern region of Basra, will now be offered asylum in Denmark.
Update: Jamie does a Danish/British compare and contrast.
Posted on July 20th, 2007 at 8:35 am
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Great Danes!
Mike Giggler, surely?
Just how many Danish-speaking Iraqis are there? I should think the Danes want to hang on to them…