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17/09/2003
US calls for more allied troops to join operations in Iraq
The US will continue to seek international allies to provide troops to operations in Iraq, Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen Richard Myers has said.
General Myers said he had read news reports "forecasting difficulty in raising another multinational division for duty in Iraq," even with a new UN Security Council resolution.
However, the Joint Chiefs Chairman said he does not know what prompted the stories, and that he "doesn't see what is different from a few days ago". The United States will continue to seek allies to help in Iraq, he added.
The chairman has said in the past that another division - between 10,000 and 15,000 troops - would be "helpful".
General Myers said that countries would have to make their own decisions about whether they will support the US request. For some nations, a UN resolution may make it easier, he said, while for others it will make no difference.
"What you want is a country that has the experience and the capability to put a division out there with a headquarters structure and a brigade as a core," he said. "Then other nations could build around that core."
The Multinational Division Central-South now in Hillah, Iraq, has a division headquarters and a brigade provided by Poland. Spain also provided a brigade. Some 17 other countries contributed soldiers to the effort, including a Central American battalion made up of soldiers from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
The General said he thought it would be "helpful if a Muslim nation provided troops and leadership".
A new multinational division would be used in the northern part of the country, around the city of Mosul.
(gmcg)
General Myers said he had read news reports "forecasting difficulty in raising another multinational division for duty in Iraq," even with a new UN Security Council resolution.
However, the Joint Chiefs Chairman said he does not know what prompted the stories, and that he "doesn't see what is different from a few days ago". The United States will continue to seek allies to help in Iraq, he added.
The chairman has said in the past that another division - between 10,000 and 15,000 troops - would be "helpful".
General Myers said that countries would have to make their own decisions about whether they will support the US request. For some nations, a UN resolution may make it easier, he said, while for others it will make no difference.
"What you want is a country that has the experience and the capability to put a division out there with a headquarters structure and a brigade as a core," he said. "Then other nations could build around that core."
The Multinational Division Central-South now in Hillah, Iraq, has a division headquarters and a brigade provided by Poland. Spain also provided a brigade. Some 17 other countries contributed soldiers to the effort, including a Central American battalion made up of soldiers from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
The General said he thought it would be "helpful if a Muslim nation provided troops and leadership".
A new multinational division would be used in the northern part of the country, around the city of Mosul.
(gmcg)
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