http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17309962.htmSOFIA, March 17 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will not increase the number of its peacekeepers in Iraq to make up for a possible withdrawal of Spanish troops, a top military officer said on Wednesday.
Spain's incoming socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has pledged to withdraw his country's 1,300 troops from Iraq by July 1 if the United Nations does not take charge there. snip
Earlier this year, Sofia asked peacekeepers from other nations to take over temporarily some of its duties in Iraq after a car bomb killed five of its soldiers in Kerbala, eroding morale among the battalion.
Bulgaria later rotated its troops but had problems persuading volunteers to sign up.
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