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Bulgarian soldiers march during the official welcome ceremony at Sofia airport, Bulgaria on 17 December 2008. Bulgaria pulled out its troops from the international military contingent in Iraq as its mandate expired at the end of 2008. Photo by EPA/BGNES
A mass will be served on Friday for the thirteen Bulgarian soldiers, who have been killed in Iraq, where the country's troops have been stationed in crucial central provinces around Shia holy towns including Karbala.
On December 27, 2003, five Bulgarians were killed in a terrorist attack on the India Base in Karbala, when one of four suicide bombers gained entry to a Bulgarian camp, cutting through roadblocks in a car and destroying a building where the headquarters of the unit was located.
Two more Bulgarian soldiers were killed in 2004.
Five Bulgarian rangers died in road accidents in 2005, and one was killed by "friendly" fire the same year.
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