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Old 09-25-2003, 07:11 AM  
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Mongolians guarding oil pipelines under Polish command in Iraq

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Mongolians Return to Baghdad, This Time as Peacekeepers

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/in...st/25MONG.html

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Sept. 22 ? In 1258, the Mongol general Hulegu, a grandson of Genghis Khan, sacked Baghdad, killing 800,000 people and ending its primacy as the largest city in the Arab world.

This month, the Mongolians returned to Iraq. Ferried into the country on American military transports, 180 Mongolian Army soldiers ? all male, all volunteers ? are guarding pipelines and working on construction projects under a Polish command.
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