The small contingent of troops from El Salvador aiding the United States in the Iraq war includes some who fought as teenagers in their home country's civil war two decades earlier. WAPO discusses the factors that led to El Salvador's decision to send troops, the only Latin American country to do so. (WAPO)Tony Saca, Iraq, international politics, el salvador, central america, bush administration
Actually, before Spain pulled out, following the 3/11 attack, Honduras also had troops in Iraq. So did the Dominican Republic. The reason they pulled out (at least officially) was that without Spanish support, or a Spanish base they would be unable to carry out their functions or supply their troops as they were dependent on the Spanish contingent for this.
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