The foreign minister of the Czech Republic said Sunday his ministry is working on a plan for the gradual withdrawal of his country's 100 troops from Iraq, according to AP. The Czech troops are deployed in southern Iraq as guards at a British base. Three other servicemen deployed in Baghdad as part of a NATO mission training Iraqi forces are expected to remain. Speaking on Czech public television, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg did not give any details on the timing of the pullout. He said the Czech Republic still needed to consult with its allies in Iraq.
