THEY SHOULD FIND THE HEAT to be less of a problem, I presume. But where will that division find translators with those credentials???

Spain is to take a leading role in a multi-national stabilization force in Iraq, in the sector designated to be led by Poland, Spanish Defense Minister Federico Trillo said Thursday.

"Spain is going to co-lead a division" of the multi-national force in the Polish sector south of Baghdad, he told a press conference.

Polish Defense Minister Jerzy szmajdzinski confirmed the Spanish participation, saying that Spain will take deputy command of its division of some 8,000 troops.

The division will comprise three brigades: a Polish one with 2,300 troops, a Ukrainian one with 1,700 troops and a Spanish brigade with 1,100 soldiers, he said on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.

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