VILNIUSLithuania will soon send a contingent of peacekeeping troops to Iraq, an act hailed by NATO leaders as a sign of goodwill as the country prepares for full membership in the alliance.On May 29, the Seimas (Lithuania's parliament) voted in favor of sending up to 130 soldiers to the war-torn country. The Seimas acted on a May 26 recommendation of the State Defense Council, headed by President Rolandas Paksas, that the troops should be sent to work with the forces of other countries that are already policing Iraq.According to Alvydas Sadeckas, chairman of the Seimas' Committee on Nationa...
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