Well,well. Another smart country refuses to help Butcher Bush. Guess
we can expect a terrorist attack in South Korea soon then eh?
South Korea Freezes Troop
Activity In Iraq
stuff.co.nz
11-13-3
"South Korea said yesterday it was drafting plans for the deployment
of no more than 3000 troops to help with peacekeeping and
reconstruction in Iraq ñ well short of the 10,000 requested by
Washington."
SEOUL -- South Korea has ordered a halt to all operations by its
troops in southern Iraq until security is fully guaranteed in the
area, the Japanese Kyodo news agency said today.
Kyodo, monitored in London by the BBC, said in a dispatch from Seoul
that the South Korean General Staff had ordered its troops to stand
down on Thursday, a day after a suicide bombing that killed 18
Italians in the southern Iraqi town of Nassiriya.
It gave no details.
Since May, about 700 South Korean medical and engineering troops have
been working out of a United States base in Nassiriya without
incident. Replacements for the initial contingent began flying out
last month.
South Korea said yesterday it was drafting plans for the deployment of
no more than 3000 troops to help with peacekeeping and reconstruction
in Iraq ñ well short of the 10,000 requested by Washington. A
presidential spokesman would not be drawn on whether combat troops
would be included.
In a meeting with security and foreign affairs ministers several days
before a visit to Seoul by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, South
Korean President Roh Moo-hyun told them to work out a plan "that can
win national agreement".
South Korea has said it would likely focus on reconstruction and leave
security to local forces.
Roh aides have offered different dates and various numbers for when a
final decision on dispatch of troops would be made ñ ranging from
December to as late as next April, after parliamentary elections.
But South Korean Defence Minister Cho Young-kil told reporters on
Tuesday that a final decision would probably be revealed during
Rumsfeld's visit.
Roh's deployment decision forces him to weigh strong public opposition
to the Iraq war against Seoul's desire to shore up its military
alliance with Washington in the face of communist North Korea's
nuclear ambitions.
He was elected with support from anti-US constituencies, and has faced
protests against the Iraq deployment. Activists plan to hold weekend
rallies to protest Rumsfeld's visit and oppose the proposed Iraq
mission.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2726572a12,00.html
"life is like a mushroom, they feed you ***** and keep you in the dark"
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