Situation in Karbala Remains Tense

Politics | January 4, 2004, Sunday // 00:00

The situation in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala and the nearby region remains tense, Bulgarian Defense Ministry officials reported on Sunday.

The curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., which the Polish military imposed after the attacks, is still in force. Security measures around the camp of the Bulgarian infantry unit have been beefed up and the soldiers continue to carry out their assignments.

The health condition of the Bulgarian soldier, injured in the deadly December 27 attacks that remained in Karbala is improving. The injured soldiers in Germany as well as those transported to Bulgaria are also improving.

The holy Shia city south of Baghdad was hit by a deadly attack last Saturday, claiming the lives of five Bulgarian soldiers, the country's first casualties among the 450 soldiers in the infantry battalion in Iraq. On Friday it was announced that more than two dozen Bulgarian soldiers refused to join a 500-member contingent heading for Iraq after attacks. The new contingent is to replace 480 Bulgarian troops who have been deployed in Iraq as part of a 9,000-strong Polish-led multinational contingent in Iraq.

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