Compromise by NATO opens way to Iraq training mission

NATO agreed on 30 July 2004 to send a training mission to Iraq, following a request by the interim government of Iyad Allawi and a concerted diplomatic push by the US. The decision comes after NATO diplomats in Brussels defused a dispute between Washington and Paris over the relationship between the mission, which will initially be about 40 strong, and the US-led multinational force.

http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2004/p04-115e.htm http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2004/p04-115e.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3941199.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3941199.stm

http://www.nato.int/docu/speech/2004/s040730a.htm http://www.nato.int/docu/speech/2004/s040730a.htm

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