AP: South Korea to pull 650 troops from Iraq

[Eugene]

Posted on Wed, Aug. 30, 2006

South Korea to pull 650 troops from Iraq
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will withdraw about 650 troops from Iraq
by mid-September under a plan to cut its troop level there by a third,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.

The reduction, which will be made as part of a troop rotation, will bring
the total number of South Korean soldiers withdrawn this year to nearly 900,
a JCS official said on condition of anonymity citing policy.

South Korea plans to withdraw about 1,000 of its 3,200-member contingent
stationed in northern Iraq by the end of the year. The reduction began in May.

South Korea deployed nearly 3,600 troops in the northern Iraq city of Irbil
in 2004, making it the second-largest U.S. coalition partner after Britain.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/15396959.htm

[rodeodance]

1. hey, everbody is leaving but us!

[Lasher]

2. Good, when are we going to pull all our troops from South Korea?

But I guess if we saved money that way we would just squander it on something like universal healthcare.