LONDON, England (CNN) -- Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of October, according to a spokesman for the Polish military Thursday. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, paid a surprise visit to Polish soldiers in Diwaniya in December. October 31 will be the last day of the Polish presence in Iraq, Major Dariusz Kacperczyk said, speaking from Warsaw. The precise date of withdrawal and when  security would be handed over to local forces in Qadisiya, the southern Iraqi Shiite province where most Polish troops in Iraq are based, are still being determined, he said. "One thing we know for sure is that after the last day of October, there will be no more Polish soldiers in Iraq," Kacperczyk said.
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Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of October, military says
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There are around 900 Polish troops in the war-torn country, most in Diwaniya
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In southern Iraq, one @placeholder was killed and five were wounded Thursday when British troops returned fire after an attack on their base in Basra, the British military said.
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The early morning rocket and mortar attack left three @placeholder soldiers with "very minor injuries."
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Troops fired back, killing an @placeholder and wounding five others.
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The British military handed over security control in @placeholder late last year to Iraqi security forces but maintains a presence in the region.
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@placeholder and other areas of southern Iraq have been rocked by fighting among rival Shiite militias.