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| US to pull out Sth Korea troops |
| 2004-05-17 |
| Update on previous articles today THE US has notified Seoul it will withdraw 4000 US troops from South Korea for combat duty in Iraq, a Pentagon official confirmed today. The redeployment was part of a phased rotation of US forces in Iraq, said Lieutenant Commander Flex Plexico, a Pentagon spokesman. "Over a period of months, the army looked at various units and recently, very recently, came to the conclusion that the best unit to provide the support was going to come from South Korea," he said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 So when will Germany be next? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-05-17 6:57:20 PM |
| #2 Off topic but... Flex Plexico! What a great name! |
| Posted by: penguin 2004-05-17 1:28:52 PM |
| #1 what about the other 33,000? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-17 1:23:08 PM |