NATO to send more troops into Iraq

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NATO to send more troops into Iraq

    By TN News Service Published Jul 31, 2018 at 8:04 am | Updated Jul 31, 2018 at 9:31 am (0)

More troops headed to Iraq
 
WASHINGTON – Some 200 NATO soldiers will be assigned to help train Iraqi troops, the Pentagon has announced.

Iraqi leaders asked the alliance to stand up the mission, and NATO heads of state approved the request during the Brussels summit July 12. Some details of the NATO mission were released this week.

The NATO effort will build on past NATO involvement in the country. In the past, seven personnel acted as facilitators for NATO efforts. The training mission will have about 200 personnel in the nation to push forward. A Canadian major general will be the commander in Iraq, said U.S. Admiral James Foggo, commander of NATO’s Joint Force Command, based in Sicily.

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