But Russia had earlier said it was preparing to send marines to Syria in case it needed to protect personnel and remove equipment from the naval maintenance facility.
Sahal was shot – once in the head and twice in the chest – while he and two colleagues were trying to remove equipment from the offices of Radio Simba in order to store it temporarily in a safer place.
"SoftBank's proposal improves U.S. national security because only SoftBank has committed to remove equipment already located inside a U.S. network that the government has national security concerns about," the spokesman said in a statement.
North Korea also announced new rules to restrict the ability of South Korean companies to remove equipment from factories in Kaesong — a move that the South Korean news media interpreted as an attempt to discourage companies from pulling out.
Nato's planning has been disrupted by the decision of the new French president, François Hollande, to announce he is removing all 3,500 French combat forces by the end of this year, but Britain is relieved he has said troops will remain longer both to remove equipment and train the Afghan army.
After a rendezvous with an Agena target vehicle, the two men used the Agena's engines to propel them to a record altitude of 764 km (475 miles), where Collins left the spacecraft to remove equipment needed for a micrometeorite experiment from the aft end of the Gemini and attempted unsuccessfully to attach similar equipment to the Agena.
What do we say if one of them sees it?" The general, amazed at the stupidity of failing to remove equipment purchased from a known weapons-systems company, replies: "You don't have one of those, do you?" The panicked colonel, to reassure his boss, blurts, "We evacuated everything".
The ships' mission is understood to be both to protect Russian citizens and remove equipment if necessary.
It includes plans to remove equipment from 20 play areas in order to save £25,000-a-year maintenance costs.
He says he was not going to "touch the engine room," but after cutting a hole in the side to remove equipment he changed his mind.
