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Armenian contingent returns from Iraq

Armenian contingent returns from Iraq
The Associated Press
07/20/05 13:54 EDT
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Forty-five Armenian troops returned Wednesday
from a six-month tour of duty in Iraq, the first contingent from this
former Soviet nation to have served in the U.S.-led coalition.
The detachment included a squad of 30 drivers, 10 sappers, three
doctors and three officers, one of whom stayed behind in Iraq for a
second six-month mission under Polish command.
“We are proud that our soldiers carried out their mission with honor
and returned to their homeland,” said Deputy Defense Minister Artur
Agabekyan at a welcome ceremony.
Armenia on July 10 sent a second contingent of troops to serve in Iraq,
who were to spend two weeks in Kuwait before assuming duty in Iraq.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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