NATO Agrees to Increase Training Force in Iraq
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed today to substantially enlarge the number of forces stationed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, although leaders of six countries said they refused to participate.
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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'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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US appeals to European nations to boost NATO missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have been a success, with the alliance announcing a small expansion of its fledgling military training facility in Baghdad.
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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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NATO has approved an operational plan  to train some 1,000 Iraqi officers a year in a proposed  military academy outside Baghdad, a senior NATO official said  on Wednesday.
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Defense chiefs from NATO's 26 nations   agreed on Saturday they needed more troops and fewer   limitations on the use of their forces to step up the fight   against insurgents in the violent south of Afghanistan.
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BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed on Thursday to enlarge from 60 to 300 the number of personnel stationed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, but not before there was a contentious discussion with the foreign ministers of six
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Defense chiefs from NATO's 26 nations  agreed on Saturday they needed more troops and fewer  limitations on the use of their forces to step up the fight  against insurgents in the violent south of Afghanistan.
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NATO envoys neared agreement Wednesday on a limited expansion of the alliance's training mission for the Iraqi military after the United States and France narrowed differences over the scale and command of the operation.
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NATO is seeking an additional 2,000 troops to bolster its force in Afghanistan amid increasing insurgent violence, a spokesman said Friday in Warsaw, where the alliance's defense chiefs were meeting.
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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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NATO has approved a detailed plan  under which it will train some 1,000 Iraqi army officers a year  at a proposed military academy outside Baghdad, a senior NATO  official said on Wednesday.
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American forces in Iraq will be expanded by about 12,000 troops to provide better security as the Jan. 30 elections approach, military officials said today.
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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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The United States said it expected  European countries to come up with offers of help in Iraq and  Afghanistan at a NATO meeting on Thursday to discuss the  alliance's role in the insurgency-hit countries.
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The United States plans to increase its military force in Iraq by 12,000 soldiers and Marines, bringing combat strength to the highest level since the invasion in 2003.