Salvadoran troops deployed for Iraq aid mission

[Judi Lynn]

Salvadoran troops deployed for Iraq aid mission

The Associated Press
(Published Tuesday, August 12, 2003, 10:06 PM)



COMALAPA, El Salvador (AP) - Several hundred Salvadoran peacekeepers bid farewell to their families Tuesday as they left for their mission in Iraq.

Col. Sabino Monterrosa led his 360 soldiers aboard several 737s and took off for Zaragoza, Spain, where the group will train for at least a week. The soldiers are then expected to stop in Kuwait to do humanitarian work before heading to Iraq.

Defense Secretary Juan Martinez said the mission was "for God, El Salvador and world peace."

The group leaving Tuesday will remain in the Middle East for six months and then be relieved by a new group of Salvadoran forces, he said. (snip/...)

http://www.fresnobee.com/24hour/world/story/967421p-6783191c.html

[donsu]

1. Hope El Salvador is ready for them to come back sick

that seems to be the equation - Iraq = Sickness