Friday, December 19, 2008

SKorea Brings Last Remaining Troops Home From Iraq

From Washington Post:

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea brought its last remaining troops home from Iraq on Friday.

The arrival of about 520 troops marked the end of South Korea's five-year reconstruction mission in the war-torn country. About 100 troops stationed in Kuwait on a mission to support the Iraq unit returned with them.

The South Korean contingent had about 3,600 troops at its height, making Seoul the second-largest U.S. coalition partner in the war in Iraq after Britain.

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