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NATO Agrees to Start Training Iraq Forces
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By CONSTANT BRAND, Associated Press Writer
BRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO (news - web sites) countries agreed Friday to train Iraqi security forces after sidestepping a dispute between the United States and France over command of the alliance operation.
Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said a 40-member advance team would leave for Iraq (news - web sites) as soon as possible to begin the training and would report back in September about proposed relations with the U.S.-led multinational force.
"It's a distinct NATO mission," de Hoop Scheffer told reporters. "The multinational force will give protection" and "there should be a relationship between the training mission and multinational force in Iraq."
Agreement on the mission, which had been sought by Washington, was delayed over French objections to an American general commanding the training operation.
