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NATO to agree larger Iraq training force as violence rises
[AlAhram] NATO defence ministers are set to agree plans on Thursday during a video conference, potentially taking the mission from its current maximum of some 500 troops to around 4,000 or 5,000

NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
defence ministers are set to expand the military alliance's training mission in Iraq once the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-17
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