DENMARK PLANS TO BRING HOME UP TO 100 OF ITS 550 SOLDIERS IN IRAQ IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR, DANISH TV2 TELEVISION NEWS SAID ON SUNDAY, REUTERS REPORTED . THE ALLEGED PLANNED WITHDRAWAL IS OUTLINED IN A DANISH GOVERNMENT IRAQ POLICY REPORT DUE TO BE PRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT, TV2 NEWS SAID. THE CENTRE-RIGHT GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WANTS TO EXTEND THE MANDATE OF DENMARK'S MILITARY PRESENCE IN IRAQ, WHICH RUNS OUT ON JUNE 1. TV2 SAID FOREIGN MINISTER PER STIG MOELLER HAD DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE REPORT BEFORE IT IS READY. DANISH PRIME MINISTER ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN IS SCHEDULED TO MEET GEORGE W. BUSH AT THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S SUMMER RESIDENCE CAMP DAVID ON JUNE 9. DENMARK, A MEMBER OF THE WESTERN DEFENCE ALLIANCE NATO, HAS BEEN PART OF THE U.S.-LED MULTI-NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE IN IRAQ SINCE THE END OF THE 2003 WAR. ALL DANISH TROOPS ARE STATIONED NEAR BASRA IN THE SOUTH OF IRAQ.
