A brigade of 3,600 U.S. troops prepared Monday to depart for Iraq from their base near South Korea’s border with communist North Korea, officials said. No plans have been announced for their replacement in South Korea but it was not immediately clear if the move was part of U.S. plans for a global realignment of its troops. The plans include reducing the 37,500 troops in South Korea by a third. Foreign media were invited to attend the departure ceremony for the 2nd Brigade of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division at their base north of the South Korean capital, Seoul.Full Story
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