EvanL
05-05-2004, 04:33 PM
UPDATED AT 4:32 PM EDT Wednesday, May. 5, 2004
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Ottawa -- Most of the 450 Canadian soldiers on security duty in Haiti will come home at the end of the month and be replaced by another contingent for three months, Defence Minister David Pratt said yesterday.
The United Nations announced two weeks ago that it would send an 8,000-member force to the troubled island, relieving French, U.S. and Canadian troops, who went in two months ago as the country teetered on the brink of anarchy.
Mr. Pratt said Canada will stay on for another 90 days to act as a bridge between the two missions.
A company group from the Royal Canadian Regiment based at CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick will be sent to relieve their comrades. CP
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Ottawa -- Most of the 450 Canadian soldiers on security duty in Haiti will come home at the end of the month and be replaced by another contingent for three months, Defence Minister David Pratt said yesterday.
The United Nations announced two weeks ago that it would send an 8,000-member force to the troubled island, relieving French, U.S. and Canadian troops, who went in two months ago as the country teetered on the brink of anarchy.
Mr. Pratt said Canada will stay on for another 90 days to act as a bridge between the two missions.
A company group from the Royal Canadian Regiment based at CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick will be sent to relieve their comrades. CP