BOSNIA TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM IRAQ

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (December 1,2008) - The Bosnian State Presidency has decided to withdraw the Bosnian military contingent from Iraq by mid-December.

Nebojsa Radmanovic, Chairman of the Bosnian State Presidency, told the press that nearly 90 Bosnian troops were expected to return home on Dec. 15 after the end of the involvement in the U.S.-led western aggression against Iraq.

Bosnia has sent eight rotations of 36 de-mining experts since June 2005, who were deployed close to the Iraqi city of Falluja to clear unexploded ordnance and ammunition.

In August, Bosnia also deployed a 50-strong infantry troops to Iraq to help provide security at U.S. forces' Camp Victory in capital Baghdad.
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