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ĦĦMEXICO CITY, Aug. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- The fifth contingent of El
Salvador went to Iraq on Thursday to relieve a previous contingent which is to
return soon.
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| Salvadoran soldiers depart for Iraq at a
military airbase in Comala, El Salvador August 11, 2005. (Xinhua/AFP
photo) | Carlos Eduardo, officer of the Joint
Staff of the Defense Ministry, saw the contingent off at the Ilopango military
air base near the capital San Slavador, according to reports reaching here.
El Salvador will gradually pull out its troops from
Iraq as the police and armed forces of Iraq are able to take control of the
security situation, said Antonio Saca, president of El Salvador onThursday.
In August 2003, the coalition forces of El Salvador,
Spain, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic began sending contingents
to Iraq to provide humanitarian and reconstruction support. El Salvador is now
the only Latin American country with troops still in Iraq. Enditem
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