NATO to boost Iraq military training mission
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BRUSSELS - NATO said on Thursday it would boost its fledgling military training mission in Baghdad after several European countries responded to US appeals to send trainers to Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday he hoped that international support for training Iraqi security forces would broaden at a NATO summit later this month.
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NATO allies agreed Wednesday to send hundreds of instructors to run a training center for Iraq's armed forces after addressing French concerns that had delayed a deal for a week.
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The Nato alliance has agreed to take on a larger role in the training of Iraqi security forces, a spokesman said. The organisation will now work towards creating a large military training academy to expand
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NATO member states reached agreement Wednesday on launching a full-blown training mission for Iraqi security forces, an official said.
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NATO will send some 300 more training staff to Iraq in the coming weeks, said NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Thursday in Brussels.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  on Tuesday he expected an agreement on the training of Iraqi  security forces at an upcoming NATO summit that could see more  countries send troops.
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NATO foreign ministers agreed Thursday to launch the next phase of the alliance training mission in Iraq, a move that should see up to 300 military instructors arrive in Baghdad in the coming weeks.
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The United States is expanding its military force in Iraq to the highest level of the war &#151; even higher than during the initial invasion in March 2003 &#151; in order to bolster security in advance of next month's national elections.
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British Secretary of Defense Geoff Hoon said Wednesday that the training mission in Iraq being carried out by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is very important for both Iraq and the United States.
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Donald Rumsfeld visits France on Wednesday to drum up support among Nato allies for the US military effort in Iraq.
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Overcoming objections by France and Belgium, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has reached a decision to send more help to Iraq.
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BAGHDAD , Dec 2 (MASNET &amp; News Agencies) - The United States announced plans to boost its forces in Iraq to the highest level since the invasion, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi headed to Europe to rally support for next month&#39;s crucial elections and to
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Escalating bloodshed and political  tension in Iraq will shadow President Bush at a NATO summit  this week where he hopes to persuade Europeans to do more to  quell violence in Afghanistan.
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NATO defense chiefs will try to put  differences on Iraq behind them and agree to do more in  Afghanistan at a meeting in France starting Wednesday, two  weeks before President Bush visits Europe.
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NATO agreed this week to set up a training mission for the Iraqi military in what the official called a "significant" sign of progress since US-led invasion splintered the alliance last year, but Washington ...
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NICE, France  - The United States will call on its  European NATO allies on Thursday to commit more forces to  alliance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, as both sides try to  mend ties across the Atlantic.