Denmark ends secret Iraq airlift

BBC

Denmark has completed the evacuation of some 200 Iraqis who it feared faced danger for their association with Danish troops in southern Iraq.

A final group of 80 Iraqis has arrived in Denmark, joining 120 already there.

The airlift of the Iraqis, including translators for Danish troops, had so far been kept secret for security reasons, a Danish official said.

Denmark is expected to withdraw its group of 480 troops from Basra in southern Iraq next month.......