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Tuesday, 19 August 2003
KAZAKH PEACEKEEPERS LEAVE FOR IRAQ
By empty (8/19/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A first group of 14 service personnel from Kazakhstan\'s KazBat peacekeeping battalion set out for Iraq on 19 August, with the rest of the 27-person contingent departing the following day. The group -- comprising military engineers, eight officers, and three interpreters -- is scheduled to remain in Iraq for six months. The group is to work on land-mine removal and water extraction.
A first group of 14 service personnel from Kazakhstan\'s KazBat peacekeeping battalion set out for Iraq on 19 August, with the rest of the 27-person contingent departing the following day. The group -- comprising military engineers, eight officers, and three interpreters -- is scheduled to remain in Iraq for six months. The group is to work on land-mine removal and water extraction. This is Kazakhstan\'s first peacekeeping mission. (Interfax-Kazakhstan)