Singapore army leaves Iraq
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Singapore no longer has a military presence in Iraq after the last of its troops returned home on Monday from a two-month stint in the war-torn country, the government said.
Thirty-one Singaporean armed forces personnel and a C-130 transport plane were deployed on February 4 to help the US-led forces in Iraq conduct supply and humanitarian aid delivery missions.
With the expiry of the scheduled two-month deployment, a first batch of troops returned to Singapore with the C-130 on Sunday while a second group arrived home aboard commercial flights on Monday.
"With the return of the troops today, we have no more personnel in the Persian Gulf," Defence Ministry Spokeswoman Felicia Tang said in an E-mailed response to questions.
"We will continue to evaluate in what way we can play a useful and meaningful role in the reconstruction of Iraq," she said via E-mail.
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does it mean they will not capture Singapore as hostages and demand our troops out of iraq???
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there is no guarantee what the fanatics wil and wil not do. their actions r not necessarily governed by logic.Originally posted by sgboy2004:does it mean they will not capture Singapore as hostages and demand our troops out of iraq???
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if im not wrong there r singaporean companies involved in the civilian works there. wonder if there are singaporeans there as well. -
How about our RSS Endurance?? Does that mean that she is back also???
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the LST? i thought it came back even earlier than that?Originally posted by Slee981:How about our RSS Endurance?? Does that mean that she is back also???