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South Korea to withdraw troops from Iraqi
Kurdistan by end of 2008
19.9.2008
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September 19, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region "Iraq", —
The official spokesman for the Korean defense
ministry said on Friday that his country will
withdraw the rest of its forces in Iraq by the end
of 2008.
“The Korean forces’ work in Iraq was extended last
December on condition that the withdrawal to be
completed by the end of 2008,” the spokesman said at
a press conference held today in Seoul.
South Korea sent troops to the city of Erbil,www.ekurd.net
the Iraqi Kurdistan's
capital in 2004 to support U.S.-led actions there,
but has been gradually reducing its presence.
The deployment is unpopular among South Koreans,
mainly due to security concerns. In June 2004,www.ekurd.net
unknown gunmen beheaded
a South Korean civilian working in Iraq after Seoul
rejected demands to withdraw its troops. |
Zaytun camp, the base of South Korean troops in
Iraqi Kurdistan |
South Korea has now less
than 600 soldiers in the relatively safe Iraq’s
Kurdistan region.
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