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67 Bangladeshi troops martyred in UN peace missions
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan on Tuesday said 67 Bangladeshi troops including 63 army personnel and four police personnel were martyred while they were in various peacekeeping missions of the United Nations, reports BSS.
No dates mentioned, but seems to be for last FY.
Responding to a question raised by BNP lawmaker Shamsul Alam Pramanik (Naugaon-4) in the Jatiya sangsad, he said Bangladesh so far earned more than US dollar 16 crore from the peacekeeping missions during the outgoing fiscal year(2004-05).
(A Crore equates to 10 million.)
In reply to another question from treasury bench member Shahidul Islam (Kustia-2), the foreign minister said Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been now working in 12 countries including Afghanistan under the UN supervision. Other countries are Burundi, Peoples Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, East Timur, Ethiopia-Eritrea, Georgia, Kosovo, Liberia, Sierra- Leone, Sudan and West Shahara.
Much like Fiji, Bangladesh troops are an export crop.

Posted by: Steve 2005-06-16
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=121793