Reply #35: 173 troops.....................we paid 11 million

[bluedog]

..........the Mongolian military has 173 soldiers of the 150th Elite Peacekeeping Battalion in Hillah, Iraq. All reports, said Myers, are that the unit is doing an excellent job as part of the Multinational Division Central- South.


The division is commanded by a Polish general and contains troops from a number of different nationalities. Myers said the Mongolian unit's members have proven themselves as infantrymen, as convoy escorts, as engineers and in providing medical assistance to the Iraqi people.


http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/n01132004_200401132.html







............noted that Mongolia is one of 16 countries that will share $1 billion in U.S. aid as part of an incentive program for poor countries that show a commitment to economic and government reform. The president also brought a gift — $11 million in aid to improve Mongolia's military forces through a separate program for nations allied with the U.S.-led war on terror.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051121/ap_on_re_as/bush_asia;_ylt=AjNsgvSHVI5DoV2Xp._rSBqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-