El Salvador to send new troops to Iraq [View All]

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Source: Associated Press

2008-01-05 01:39:43 -

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - A fresh contingent of some 280 Salvadoran soldiers will be deployed to Iraq in February, President Tony Saca said Friday.

The troops will replace soldiers stationed since August in Kut, a city south of Baghdad, he said.

Saca has faced increasing pressure from the opposition to withdraw the Central American nation's troops from Iraq, but last month gained congressional approval to extend deployments there through the end of 2008.

The only Latin American country with troops currently in Iraq, El Salvador has been sending soldiers there since 2003 to do humanitarian work such as building schools and roads. Five Salvadoran soldiers have been killed in Iraq.

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