Singapore no longer has a military presence in Iraq after the
last of its troops returned home on Monday from a two-month stint
in the war-torn country, the government said.
Thirty-one Singaporean armed forces personnel and a C-130 transport
plane were deployed on February 4 to help the US-led forces in Iraq
conduct supply and humanitarian aid delivery missions.
With the expiry of the scheduled two-month deployment, a first
batch of troops returned to Singapore with the C-130 on Sunday
while a second group arrived home aboard commercial flights on
Monday.
"With the return of the troops today, we have no more personnel in
the Persian Gulf," Defence Ministry Spokeswoman Felicia Tang said
in an E-mailed response to questions.
"We will continue to evaluate in what way we can play a useful and
meaningful role in the reconstruction of Iraq," she said via
E-mail.
IRIB News, Apr 5
