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Report: S. Korean hostage beheaded (Continued) Seoul sticks to deployment plan
Kim鈥檚 distraught family members in the southeastern city of Busan also appealed for the government to save him and review its plan to send more 3,000 troops to assist in reconstruction efforts in northern Iraq, which it announced last week. Once the deployment is complete, South Korea will be the largest partner in the U.S.-led coalition after the United States and Britain.
鈥淎n individual is the nation. There can鈥檛 be a country without people,鈥� Shin Young-ja, Kim鈥檚 mother, was quoted as saying by Yonhap. 鈥淭he government should save him using any means.鈥� South Korea鈥檚 National Security Council and Foreign Affairs and Defense ministries hastily met after news broke of the abduction and decided not to change their plans. 鈥淭here is no change in the government鈥檚 spirit and position that it will send troops to Iraq to help establish peace and rebuild Iraq,鈥� Choi said. South Korea warned its people Saturday not to travel to Iraq, saying the decision to send troops might prompt terrorist attacks on South Koreans. South Korean military medics in southern Iraq suspended free medical treatment to Iraqi patients because of security concerns, said Maj. Chun Heung-soo, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry in Seoul. 鈥淭his should never be interpreted as a protest against the kidnapping,鈥� Chun said. 鈥淲e are doing it because we thought there was a lack of safety for our medical staff.鈥�
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