Text Fwd: S. Korea to dispatch troops to UAE next month 남한, 다음달 유나이티드 아랍 에미레이츠에 군대 파견

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참여 연대의 아래 두 성명서를 참조하시길.

UAE 특전부대 파병안 기습 통과시킨 한나라당 의원 등 150명 명단
2010/12/10

국민여론수렴 시도도, 타당성 검토 위한 의회 절차도 모두 무시
2010/12/09
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Yonhap News
S. Korea to dispatch troops to UAE next month

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send special operations troops to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next month to help train soldiers in the Middle Eastern nation, the defense ministry said Sunday.

An advanced team of about 10 people will head out on Dec. 27, the ministry said. The main unit will be launched on Jan. 10 and sent off the following day, led by Lt. Col. Choi Han-oh, an experienced expert in special warfare.

The 130-member contingent will be stationed in the UAE's eastern region of Al Ain until December 2012 with rotations every four to six months, ministry officials said. They will help train the UAE's special forces, conduct joint training and protect Korean nationals in case of contingencies.

The ruling party-controlled parliament last week passed the bill approving the dispatch amid strong objection by the opposition bloc, who charged that the dispatch is linked to South Korea winning the US$20 billion deal to build nuclear reactors in the UAE.

The government has said the dispatch was requested by the UAE and that it would help boost military and other ties between the two countries.

ejkim@yna.co.kr
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The below is the translated part of the PSPD (People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy) statement on Dec. 9, 2010. The whole original Korean statement can be seen here.
[The Grand National Party] ignoring attempt to collect public opinion and National Assembly procedure to review its validity :

'To assert, the behavior of the Grand National Party who has debased South Korean people and trampled on assembly democracy would meet people’s vehement fury. The Grand National Party should be clearly responsible for not to mention that the dispatch this time would ultimately obstruct the peace in the Middle East but that Korean people’s safety would be more threatened in the region also. Along with it, we announce that we will closely ask the Grand National Party responsibility, noticing that the Grand National Party has opened the way for reckless dispatch without principal any time by enforcing dispatch to the UAE, which has serious flaws both in content and procedure.'
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See the writing by Taeho Lee, PSPD
[Int'l workshop for Peace&Disarmament]
Military and security strategy of South Korea and Civil Society Priorities
Nov. 24, 2010
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