United States Donates Military Hospital to Armenia

Looks like Armenia's support of the U.S. in Iraq has paid off.

The $1.2 million facility, inaugurated by U.S. and Armenian officials at the weekend, will be part of a special battalion of Armenia’s Armed Forces that provides troops for the U.S.-led occupation force in Iraq and the NATO-led peace-keeping contingent in Kosovo.

Lieutenant Colonel Doug Peterson, chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation at the U.S. embassy in Armenia, said the donation marked the beginning of “intensive medical training and cooperation between” the Armenian and U.S. militaries. The hospital will receive more U.S. equipment later this year or early next, he said.

Nothing ever comes free. Of course, Armenia went into Iraq to get political benefits from the U.S. - so far it has only got a mobile hospital.

Source: ArmeniaLiberty