Seoul - South Korea's 621-troop deployment to Iraq is completing its withdrawal after four years assisting the US war effort, the military said Wednesday.
The troops engaged in reconstruction work are to be received upon returning home Friday by Defence Minister Lee Sang Hee and attend a ceremony hosted by Prime Minister Han Seung Soo after getting a medical checkup, officials said.
"The ceremony will mark the official disbandment of the Iraqi mission that was launched in September 2004," Defence Ministry spokesman Won Tae Jae said.
The contingent consists of the Zaytun Unit, currently stationed in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and its Kuwait-based air support unit.
Baghdad, Dec. 17 : US President George Bush emerged unscathed from the shoe throwing incident on Sunday, but White House spokeswoman Dana Perino was not so lucky, as she suffered an eye injury in the ensuing melee when she was hit by a microphone.
Iraqi TV journalist Zaidi's family was quoted by the Dawn as saying that his action stemmed from his hatred of the American invasion of their country.
Baghdad - On December 11 a lone male parked his car outside the Abdullah Restaurant, on the outskirts of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
Inside, among dozens of families celebrating the Eid al-Adha feast, local Arab and Kurdish politicians were reportedly meeting to discuss how the city might acceptably divide up its massive oil wealth.
The man entered the building and blew himself up.
At least 45 people died in the blast, and more than 100 were injured. Local politicians quickly blamed al-Qaeda for the attack.
Ankara - Turkish warplanes bombed suspected positions of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on Tuesday, the general army staff in Ankara has reported.
The military statement said that the attacks took place in the Qandil mountains, inside Iraq and near to the Iranian border.
Turkish authorities believe the area to be the main hideout of PKK fighters, who have launched repeated attacks from there against the Turkish military.
Baghdad - The family of Iraqi TV journalist Montasser al- Zaidi, who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush, is fearful that he is now being mistreated by police, al-Zaidi's brother told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa Tuesday.
"We don't know where he is," Oudai al-Zaidi told dpa by telephone. "We fear that he might be mistreated after seeing footage of the guards taking him on TV."
Oudai also turned down an invitation by the Venezuelan President to come and live in the Latin country.
"We are grateful to President Hugo Chavez. However we are Iraqis, we live in Iraq," Oudai said speaking on the behalf of his family.
Baghdad - A suicide car bomber killed sic people and wounded eight when he blew up himself and his vehicle beside an army patrol in Iraq's Diyala province Tuesday, a security source said.
The attack was in al-Saadiya district in Baquba, 60 kilometres north of Baghdad. Four out of the six dead were soldiers, the source said.
Also in al-Saadiya, a bomb ripped through a police patrol killing a policeman and a civilian and injuring eight people including three policemen, a police source told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.
Baghdad, Dec. 17 : US President George Bush emerged unscathed from the shoe throwing incident on Sunday, but White House spokeswoman Dana Perino was not so lucky, as she suffered an eye injury in the ensuing melee when she was hit by a microphone.
Ankara - Turkish warplanes bombed suspected positions of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on Tuesday, the general army staff in Ankara has reported.
Baghdad - A suicide car bomber killed sic people and wounded eight when he blew up himself and his vehicle beside an army patrol in Iraq's Diyala province Tuesday, a security source said.
