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| South Korea Considering Extending Troops' Stay in Iraq |
| 2005-06-13 |
| SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's government is likely to seek an extension of its deployment of more than 3,000 troops in Iraq, the defense minister said Monday. Yoon Kwang-ung said he believes Iraq will need multinational forces until the middle of next year before its own security forces can take over. Asked whether the government plans to seek lawmakers' approval to extend the deployment, Yoon said: "At the moment, there is a big possibility it will go in that direction toward the end of this year." South Korea deployed nearly 3,600 troops in northern Irbil late last year to help with reconstruction. In December, the National Assembly approved an extension of the mission through 2005. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 Too true, you've got it. The SK's don't want any more US withrawals from Korea. This bunch in Iraq is their sop to the US. They do probably have positive effect on the Kurdish economy though. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2005-06-13 12:27 |
| #5 Well, lookie here - the Koreans are looking to extend their Iraqi vacation in the Kurdish sector Only under pressure from Rummy, who has made it clear we'll pull out of SORK if they don't at least have some presence in Iraq. |
| Posted by: too true 2005-06-13 10:40 |
| #4 Appreciated none the less. I dunno, I'd settle for their forces to be pulled out of Iraq, and our forces (all, plus equipment) removed from SKor permanently and calling it even. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-13 09:42 |
| #3 It's interesting that Korea is such a good ally here, yet is being annoying where the NorKs are concerned. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-06-13 09:32 |
| #2 Appreciated none the less. 3,000 troops can handle the entire Kurdish region. Plus the Koreans and |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-06-13 09:29 |
| #1 Well, lookie here - the Koreans are looking to extend their Iraqi vacation in the Kurdish sector. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-06-13 09:23 |