BULGARIAN TROOPS REPLACE US MARINES

On Tuesday US Marines in Iraq officially handed over to the Bulgarian peacekeeping battalion the control over the holy Shia city, 108km southern of capital Baghdad...

Some 480 Bulgarian troops take part in the international contingent that watches over security in Kerbala spared from the recurrent clashes in the other parts of Iraq. The Bulgarian contingent will be under command of Polish forces which are to take over September 3 the control over five stabilization zones chosen by the Anglo-American forces. The Polish sector is located south of Baghdad between the frontiers with Saudi Arabia and Iran.