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| S. Korea may extend troopsÂ’ stay in Iraq |
| 2007-10-23 |
| SEOUL - South Korea is likely to extend its troop deployment in Iraq through the end of next year, but cut the number of its soldiers in the country to 600 from 1,200, a major daily reported on Monday. Defence officials had said they were considering removing all South Korean troops from Iraq by the end of this year, ending what was once the third-largest foreign troop deployment in the country. The Chosun Ilbo newspaper and other local media, citing unnamed officials, said the government will announce its plans this week to extend the mission. Defence Ministry officials would not comment on the reports. South Korea had about 3,600 troops in Iraq at the start the mission in 2004 but has as been rolling back its presence due to public pressure against the deployment. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 The US should have long since set up business trade offices for Iraqi-CF nations in Iraq, with the sole purpose of getting so much investment and trade going back and forth that those nations had a motive for a continuing military presence. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-10-23 09:31 |
| #1 FREEREPUBLIC > SOUTH KOREA HAS NEW LONGER RANGE MISSLE. Can hit all of NK plus large part of China [Beijing?]. ION, PAYVAND > IRAN: MILITARY FLEXES NEW MILITARY MUSCLES, including QADR-1 MRBM/IRBM? + 29 new TOR-M1 ADS missles from Russia. FYI, TOR series was intended by Russ to be DUAL-USE -capable, at least by Russ armed forces - its not going to take much for Iran to modify an SAM into a Nuke-WMD capable SSM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-23 00:37 |