Hungarian soldiers depart for Iraq

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The first group of Hungarian soldiers sent to Iraq board a Russian-made AN 124 cargo plane Friday, July 18, 2003 in Taszar, some 200 km south-west from Budapest, Hungary. Hungary is sending 300 troops to Iraq to support the stabilization forces. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)


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Hungarian soldier Robert Kocsis waves as he sits on his armoured personal carrier just before it is loaded into a Russian-made AN 124 cargo plane on Friday, July 18, 2003 in Taszar, some 200 km (124 miles) south-west from Budapest, Hungary. Hungary is sending 300 troops to Iraq to support the stabilization forces.(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)


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Some more...

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A convoy of military vehicles of the Hungarian Army's Transportation Battalion, part of the equipment of a 300-strong Hungarian contingent to be deployed in Iraq, gets underway in Taborfalva some 65 kms (40 miles) southeast of Budapest, Thursday, July 24, 2003, at the start of long-distance driving training between Taborfalva and the U.S. Army Base at Taszar. The troops will join in the 7,000 Polish-led multinational stabilization force in Iraq. (AP Photo/MTI, Sandor Ujvari)


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Soldiers of the Hungarian Army's Transportation Battalion to be deployed in Iraq, parade in Taborfalva, some 65 kms (40 miles) southeast of Budapest, Thursday, July 24, 2003, just before the start of long-distance driving training between Taborfalva and the U.S., Army Base at Taszar. The troops will be part of a 300-man-strong Hungarian military contingent, that will join in the 7,000 Polish-led multinational stabilization force in Iraq. (AP Photo/MTI, Sandor Ujvari)

They just don't look all too happy...

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Additional departures:

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Private first class Bela Kajati, left, says good-bye to his wife Anita, right, and his son, David, in Budapest, Hungary on Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, during the official farewell ceremony for the main force of the 300-man strong Hungarian contingent that is due to participate in the US-led stabilization efforts in Iraq. The Hungarian battalion will carry out transport and humanitarian duties until February 28, 2004. (AP Photo/MTI, Noemi Bruzak)


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Hungarian Army Cpl. Ferenc Krausz, second from right, jokes with his six-year-old daughter Szabina, second from left, while his wife Renata, right, looks on after a military parade on Monday, Aug. 4, 2003 in Budapest, Hungary. Krausz and his unit will be deployed to central Iraq in ten days. This was the last time the soldiers could meet their relatives before being deployed. Hungary is to send more than 300 soldiers under Polish command to be a part of the stabilization forces in Iraq. (AP Photo/ Bela Szandelszky)