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FACTBOX-Foreign military forces in Iraq
24 Dec 2008 10:04:18 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 24 (Reuters) - El Salvador, the only Latin American country with troops in Iraq, said on Tuesday it would bring its soldiers home after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year.

The mandate legalises the presence of forces from Britain, Australia, El Salvador, Romania, Estonia and NATO, and Iraq's parliament approved a measure on Tuesday allowing them to stay longer.

Salvadorean President Tony Saca said the 200 soldiers from El Salvador would leave Iraq in January.

Here is a table of the remaining coalition forces in Iraq.

United States 143,000

Britain 4,100

Romania 600

Australia 300

El Salvador 200

Bulgaria 155

Denmark 55

Lithuania 53

Estonia 38
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A relative of Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi reacts near Muntazer's brother Uday (R) after the end of a trial session outside Iraq's Central Criminal Court in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone February ...



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