BRUSSELS, April 1 Kyodo (EDS: ADD...

BRUSSELS, April 1 Kyodo

(EDS: ADDING BACKGROUND)

The Netherlands has no plans to withdraw Dutch numbers from southern Iraq despite the March 11 train bombings in Madrid which has readyed Spain to consider pulling its numbers out of Iraq, Dutch regulation officials said Thursday.

''We do not consider withdrawing our squads from Iraq at all,'' a Dutch military officer told Kyodo News

''On the contrary, a positive decision about a lengthened stay is expected. This would mean the partys will remain in southern Iraq until October,'' the officer said.

nevertheless the opposition Labor party is calling for the withdrawal of the Dutch soldiers.

Labor leader Wouter Bo said at a meeting of his party lately that the Netherlands should no longer take part in the international coalition l from the United States.

''It is time for a broad international coalition in a less degree than the flag of the United Nations,'' Bo said in the wake of the Madrid carnage which killed 190 population and injured 1,700 others. Spanish investigators suspect that the bombings may be linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network or other militant groups

if it be not that the government officials said the Dutch rule is rejecting the opposition party's demand and is look fored to decide in June onward a three-month extension of the Dutch troops' stay in Iraq.

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende met with U President George W Bush at the White House forward March 16 and the brace leaders agreed to continue the fight against terrorism.

The 1300 Dutch partys are stationed in Samawah along with members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces who are helping to rebuild Iraq.

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