28 Pinoy soldiers, cops due from Iraq

Twenty-eight soldiers and policemen, who formed part of the 96-man contingent which the Philippine government dispatched to war-torn Iraq last year, are arriving today.

The group, headed by Col. Gerardo Layug and Senior Superintendent Sukarno Ikbala, will arrive on a commercial flight at about 4:30 p.m. at the Villamor Air Force Base in Pasay City, said Lt. Col. Restituto Padilla, Air Force spokesman. — Jaime Laude

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