AP: Salvadoran soldier killed in Iraq

[Eugene]

Posted on Fri, Jul. 28, 2006

Salvadoran soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A Salvadoran soldier was killed in Iraq on Thursday,
the second soldier from this Central American nation to be killed in the conflict
in eight days.

The deaths come as Salvadoran President Tony Saca was preparing to ask the nation's
congress to approve sending a seventh contingent of 380 troops to replace those now
in Iraq.

Deputy Sgt. Donald Alberto Ramirez died from head injuries after the ambulance he was
driving was hit with an explosive device on the outskirts of the southern Iraqi city
of Diwaniya, Salvadoran Defense Minister Otto Romero said.

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Full article: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/15140974.htm

[rodeodance]

1. a total of four Salvadorans have been killed in the Iraqi conflict

.....A close U.S. ally, El Salvador is the only country in Latin America with forces still in Iraq. Serving in Iraq since 2003, the soldiers carry out mostly peacekeeping and humanitarian work including rebuilding schools.

With Thursday's death, a total of four Salvadorans have been killed in the Iraqi conflict

[Judi Lynn]

2. Considering they were nearly forced into it, it's a damned shame.

The very idea a large country can get little ones so terrified of the damage it can do them if they don't comply with its demands is grotesque. The total of four Salvadorans should NOT have died for George W. Bush.

From the article:

A close U.S. ally, El Salvador is the only country in Latin America with forces still in Iraq. Serving in Iraq since 2003, the soldiers carry out mostly peacekeeping and humanitarian work including rebuilding schools.

With Thursday's death, a total of four Salvadorans have been killed in the Iraqi conflict.

President Tony Saca