Salvadoran prez surprises troops in Iraq

Yesterday Salvadoran President Tony Saca made an unexpected visit to troops from El Salvador who are stationed in southern Iraq. Saca praised the soldiers and assured his countrymen that “morale was very high."

El Salvador is the only Latin American country with soldiers stationed in Iraq with nearly 400 Salvadoran troops are over there. Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic withdrew their soldiers from Iraq in 2004.

Image- PBS (President Tony Saca decorating five soldiers who returned from Iraq in 2006)

Sources- International Herald Tribune, Wikipedia