Spain is to send 370 military personnel, mostly engineers, medics and logistics experts, as part of a NATO unit being deployed to help in the earthquake relief effort in Pakistan, Defense Minister Jose Bono said Wednesday, according to AP. The mission was approved by Parliament's defense commission. NATO allies agreed last Friday to send up to 1,000 troops, spearheaded by engineers from Spain, Italy and Poland who will try to clear roads blocked by the quake and subsequent mudslides so aid can be taken to stricken areas. NATO will also set up a field hospital and a mobile field headquarters to help coordinate operations with the United Nations. Bono said the soldiers will leave Spain between this Friday and next Monday and will stay in Pakistan at least 90 days.
