page_title: Salvadoran Army
section_title: The Iraq War
hierarchical_section_title: Salvadoran Army / Conflicts / The Iraq War
caption_attribution_description: English: An unidentified El Salvadoran special forces Soldier keeps a close eye on the borders of Camp Charlie in Al Hillah, Iraq, April 14, 2005. The Cuscatlan Battalion IV Soldier is helping support Operation Iraqi Freedom, which is being conducted mainly by Coalition Forces in Hillah. The mission consists of mainly training Iraqi people in various career fields and the Coalition also conducts counter insurgency missions. (Photo by Spc. Ferdinand Thomas, 214th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) (Released)
context_page_description: The Salvadoran Army is the land branch and largest of the Armed Forces of El Salvador.
context_section_description: Up to 380 Salvadoran troops, mostly paratroopers, were deployed as part of the Coalition Forces in Iraq between August 2003 and January 2009. They operated alongside the elite Spanish Legion in Najaf. While in Iraq, the Salvadoran contingent suffered 5 dead, and 20 wounded.
  In 2006 the government of El Salvador approached the Israeli ambassador to El Salvador seeking assistance in modernising its army.
caption: An unidentified Salvadoran special forces Soldier keeps a close eye on the borders of Camp Charlie in Al Hillah, Iraq, April 14, 2005. The Cuscatlan Battalion IV Soldier is helping support Operation Iraqi Freedom, which is being conducted mainly by Coalition Forces in Hillah.
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