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Bulgaria to pull out troops from Iraq after Karbala attacks: daily

IRNA

Berlin, Dec 29, IRNA -- Bulgaria is to withdraw its troops from Iraq 
following the recent attacks in the city of Karbala which killed five 
Bulgarian soldiers, the daily Die Welt newspaper reported Monday. 
It cited the Bulgarian Defense Ministry as saying that the whole 
troop contingent would be evacuated out of Iraq since its main 
military base had been completely devastated during the Karbala 
underground attacks. 
The assailants used suicide car bombs, mortar fire and automatic 
weapons against two coalition bases, killing 19 people and wounding 
more than 100. 
A hardline supporter of the US invasion of Iraq, Bulgaria has 
deployed around 480 soldiers in the war-stricken country. 
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