South Korean parliament extends troop deployment in Iraq: report
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South Korean parliament extended the country's controversial troop deployment in Iraq for another year, Yonhap news agency reported.
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The Pentagon is boosting the total number of US troops in Iraq to 150,000, the highest number deployed since the war began in March 2003.
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Britain could send more troops to Iraq before next January&#39;s elections, a senior military commander said today. Military chiefs are reported to have
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Japan&#39;s junior ruling coalition partner backed extending the country&#39;s troop dispatch to Iraq for another year after authorization for the current mission expires Dec. 14.
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TOKYO, Dec. 9 -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet agreed on Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan's 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year, despite condemnation of the mission by more than half of the Japanese public and opposition political parties.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s cabinet agreed on Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan&#39;s 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year, despite
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The United States would dispatch 690,000 troops and 2,000 warplanes if war breaks out on the Korean peninsula, according to a South Korean defense policy paper released Friday.
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Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to extend Denmark's military mission in Iraq by another six months, a departure from some other European nations that want to withdraw troops.
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WASHINGTON -- Amid growing concerns about the stability of Iraq, the Pentagon yesterday announced that it will boost the number of troops there to the highest level since the start of the war, as US-led ground forces continue attacking insurgents while attempting to secure polling places in time for January elections.
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THE CONTINUED presence of international forces in Iraq is for the sake of the Iraqi people, and Slovak soldiers are pursuing humanitarian goals there, reads a government report considered by parliament October ...
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun made  a surprise visit to Iraq Wednesday to meet his country's troops  and told them to focus on their reconstruction work -- a nod to  his concern they might get dragged into a combat role.
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Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on  Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to  martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30  elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 28 -- Parliament voted unanimously Tuesday to keep Iraq under a state of emergency for 30 more days, as a U.S. military spokesman said he expects violence to escalate over the next few weeks in response to Thursday's bombings in Sadr City.
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TOKYO The cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided Thursday to extend the mission of Japanese troops in Iraq despite the growing opposition of voters, political opponents and members of his own party.
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South Korea's parliament on Friday approved extending the mission of its 3,600 troops in Iraq for another year.
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JAPAN may extend its deployment of troops in southern Iraq if the security situation in the country does not change, a top government official said today.
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Japan approved an extension of its troop deployment in Iraq Thursday for up to a year, a decision opposed by most voters, who want to end the nation&#39;s riskiest military mission since World War II.