INQUIRER.net: Austrian UN troops begin pullout from Golan

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Austrian UN troops begin pullout from Golan Jun 12th 2013, 23:43 QUNEITRA CROSSING—A first group of 67 Austrian troops in the UN force monitoring the Golan ceasefire line between Syria and Israel withdrew Wednesday, days after Vienna decided to quit the mission over security concerns.   Uniformed soldiers in jeeps and accompanied by armored vehicles entered the Israeli-occupied zone through the Quneitra crossing, the only passage between the two countries.   "It had been scheduled in advance that we would perform a rotation, and it had been scheduled for today," Austrian officer Erwin Klem told an AFP correspondent as he and his men crossed.   The troops, the first wave of the 378-strong Austrian contingent which... Keep on reading: Austrian UN troops begin pullout from Golan Media files: austria-uno-golan-heights.jpg (image/jpeg)

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