NATO chief pays snap visit to Iraq
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was paying a snap visit to Iraq, notably to meet leaders of a military training mission being set up by the alliance.
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Member countries of the NATO alliance have agreed to send more troops and instructors to Baghdad to help train Iraqi armed forces.
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WASHINGTON -- In a diplomatic victory for the United States, NATO officials agreed yesterday to send hundreds of military advisers to Iraq this year to train local security forces as part of a new task force that could eventually grow to 3,000 personnel. Trainers from France, Germany, and other nations that bitterly opposed the US-led invasion are expected to join ...
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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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Iraq&#39;s interim President Ghazi al-Yawer asked NATO on Tuesday for additional help in military training as part of the efforts to rebuild his country.
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NATO diplomats approved on Friday a detailed outline of their plan to send around 300 military instructors to Iraq following talks with
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Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar called on NATO and the European Union to do more to help stabilize his war-ravaged country ahead of elections which he hopes can be held as planned in January.
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MOSUL, Iraq : US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to US troops in Mosul, northern Iraq early on Friday, an AFP correspondent at the scene said.
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President Bush on Wednesday signaled a renewed effort to improve his relations with the European allies by hosting the NATO secretary-general, the first foreign visitor to the White House since Bush won re-election.
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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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Donald Rumsfeld visits France on Wednesday to drum up support among Nato allies for the US military effort in Iraq.
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NATO allies agreed Wednesday on plans to send hundreds of instructors to run a training center for Iraq's armed forces after easing French concerns that had delayed a deal for a week.
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The US defence secretary is in  Baghdad to assess a security surge aimed at bringing Iraq under control.
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After several months of wrangling, NATO has finally agreed to expand its presence in Iraq. Some 300 NATO instructors are to set up a training centre for Iraqi security forces.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett arrives in Iraq for a surprise visit as controversy goes on over UK deployments.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, on a surprise visit to Iraq, met Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who pledged to do his utmost to secure the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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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.