Tonga to send troops to Iraq

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NUKU'ALOFA, Aug 16 (AFP): A contingent of troops from the tiny Pacific kingdom of Tonga will leave Saturday for a six-month deployment in Iraq.
Captain Toni Fonokalafi, who will lead the 55 soldiers, said Wednesday that the Tongan troops will be based at Camp Victory in Baghdad.
The contingent is the second to be sent from Tonga, which has a population of 110,000 and a military numbering about 450 troops.
After two weeks in the United States for training, the Tongan troops will leave for the Middle East on September 1, Fonokalafi said.