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SKorea set to decide on troops in Iraq
Seoul (AFP) Oct 17, 2007 South Korea's defence minister said Wednesday the government would decide this week whether to extend the stay of its troops in Iraq. Kim Jang-Soo said that a timetable on the mission of 1,200 South Korean troops stationed in Iraq would be submitted to the National Assembly by Friday. "Consultations among related government offices are almost done. So we will decide it by the day after tomorrow," Kim told a parliamentary committee, according to Yonhap news agency. But presidential spokesman Cheon Ho-Seon later denied having made any decision on the politically sensitive issue. "Nothing has been decided yet," Cheon told a regular briefing. "We are seriously agonising between the plan to withdraw troops by this year's end and the significance of the US-South Korean alliance to settling pending issues over the Korean peninsula." South Korea's military involvement is scheduled to end at the end of this year, unless parliament approves an extension. The United States has asked South Korea to extend the stay of its troops, but many South Korean legislators have expressed reservations over a second extension. South Korea in 2004 sent about 3,500 troops to Iraq, the third-largest foreign contingent after the United States and Britain. The size of the force has been progressively cut amid domestic opposition to the deployment. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Iraq: The first technology war of the 21st century
Ready To Fight Battalion Enables Transition In Anbar
Habbaniyah, Iraq (AFNS) Oct 17, 2007A man of modest means tends to his inventory of household items, while his two oldest sons chop ice outside, preparing it to be sold to the locals that attend this bustling Iraqi farmer market. This may seem a common everyday event, but for the people of the area around Saqlawiyah, Iraq, it is a success story and proof of the efforts and sacrifices by the Marines of Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. |
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