U.S. Moving Weapons Out of South Korea

[Bluebear]

Phew, I am so glad that North Korea poses no nuclear threat to the region anymore ::cough no oil:: and we can redeploy to Iraq!
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SEOUL, South Korea - Around-the-clock train and truck convoys are moving military hardware from the tense border with North Korea as the U.S. Army prepares to redeploy 3,600 troops to Iraq.

The massive logistical feat began July 7 and is moving hundreds of Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Humvees and artillery pieces to the southern port city of Busan to be shipped out under tight security.

About 3,600 troops from the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division, dug into encampments between Seoul and the heavily fortified border with North Korea, will follow their equipment to Iraq.

The division's entire 2nd Brigade would begin pulling out of South Korea next week, and the entire unit would be in Iraq by the end of August, Gen. Richard Cody, the Army's vice chief of staff, said at the Pentagon on Friday. It is expected to operate in western Iraq with Marine Corps units, Cody said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040716/ap_on_re_as/skorea_us_iraq