El Salvador to Send More Troops to Iraq

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El Salvador will send its eighth contingent of soldiers to Iraq, the president said Thursday.

The new soldiers will replace those scheduled to return to the Central American country in February, said President Tony Saca, who is one of the strongest U.S. allies in the region.

El Salvador is the only Latin American country that still has soldiers in Iraq. The country's Congress has approved maintaining a presence in Iraq until the end of 2007.

Since the first Salvadoran troops arrived in Iraq in 2003, five soldiers have been killed and 24 others have been wounded.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/salvador_iraq_1

[babylonsister]

1. Is someone grasping at straws? El Salvador has sent 380 troops, per this:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm

[Erika]

2. W is probably giving them a mil per troop

out of our taxes. W likes those poor kids suffering risks.

[manic expression]

3. I hate Tony Saca so much

Oh, well, reactionaries always get their dues sooner or later. Until then, viva Frente!

[independentpiney]

4. Romania to send more troops to Stalingrad n/t

[Javaman]

5. Don't forget El Salvador!!! nt