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Last Korean troops out of Iraqi Kurdistan
19.12.2008
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December 19, 2008
SEOUL, —
More than 600 Korean soldiers stationed in Iraq and
Kuwait have finally come home. After four years and
three months of service, the Zaytun and Daiman units
arrived at Seoul Air Base on Friday morning.
Zaytun troops stationed in the Kurdish-controlled
autonomous region of Kurdistan in the northern Iraqi
city of Erbil since 2004 carried out peacekeeping
and reconstruction activities in the war-torn
country.
After being dispatched to Erbil,www.ekurd.net
the Iraqi Kurdistan's
capital in 2004 the Zaytun Unit built the Zaytun
Hospital, where they treated over 88,000 local
residents, as well as several libraries and schools.
Soldiers also operated a technical education center
where they trained Iraqi students in areas such as
auto maintenance and cooking.
The Daiman air force unit dispatched to Kuwait
offered transportation support to the Zaytun Unit
and the other multinational forces in Iraq.
During the past four years the Daiman Unit
transported over 40,000 troops and more than 4,000
tons of war supplies to help support international
peacekeeping efforts.
With the UN Security Council mandate expiring at
year's end the last remaining troops dispatched this
past May and September returned home.
As troops withdrew from Iraq,www.ekurd.net
Zaytun's facilities,
equipment and supplies were donated to the Kurdistan
Regional Government (KRG).
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