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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea will completely withdraw its remaining
troops from Iraq by December, ending five years of military deployment aimed
at helping to rebuild the war-torn country, an official said Friday.

Defense Ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae told reporters Friday that all 650
soldiers will return home by the end of this year.

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