South Korea plans to dispatch troops to Iraq in three stages between late July and August – creating the third largest military contingent after the US and UK.
...A Defence Ministry official told Reuters the timing of the troop dispatch was likely to be fixed next week.
The government has pledged to send 3000 soldiers to northern Iraq to complement 650 South Korean army medics and engineers who have already been in Iraq for a year.
...The report on Saturday finally gave a date after months of delays in the face of domestic opposition.
Aljazeera article
...A Defence Ministry official told Reuters the timing of the troop dispatch was likely to be fixed next week.
The government has pledged to send 3000 soldiers to northern Iraq to complement 650 South Korean army medics and engineers who have already been in Iraq for a year.
...The report on Saturday finally gave a date after months of delays in the face of domestic opposition.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
