New Zealand to pull army engineers from Iraq in September, prime minister

[Judi Lynn]

New Zealand to pull army engineers from Iraq in September, prime minister says
By Associated Press, 4/2/2004 07:08



WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand will pull its army engineers out of Iraq in September but they may return later, Prime Minister Helen Clark said Friday.

New Zealand has 60 army engineers based near Iraq's southern city of Basra, where they are repairing water systems, power facilities, buildings and other infrastructure.

New Zealand's defense forces deployed in the Solomon Islands, Afghanistan and Iraq are ''pretty stretched at the moment,'' Clark said.

The engineering team will return from Iraq at the end of their one-year tour in September, avoiding a rollover term of another six months, she said.
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