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Dreamer128 · 02-12-2005, 06:47 PM

NATO is currently studying a US plan to establish a new and permanent peace force within the alliance, Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has told Radio Netherlands. The plan for such a force, officially called a 'NATO Stabilization and Reconstruction Force' is reportedly based upon the experiences of the multinational forces in Iraq.

According to its originators at the US National Defense University in Washington D.C., the force should count some 70 thousand troops and civilian employees, with the United States and the other NATO member states each providing half that number. In 2001, the National Defense University also proposed the establishment of a rapidly-deployable 'NATO Response Force', which became partially operational last October. At present, NATO does not have units geared towards post-conflict peacekeeping and reconstruction activities.

(rnw.nl)

02-12-2005, 06:47 PM	#1
Dreamer128 Dracolisk Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Europe Age: 40 Posts: 6,136	NATO is currently studying a US plan to establish a new and permanent peace force within the alliance, Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has told Radio Netherlands. The plan for such a force, officially called a 'NATO Stabilization and Reconstruction Force' is reportedly based upon the experiences of the multinational forces in Iraq. According to its originators at the US National Defense University in Washington D.C., the force should count some 70 thousand troops and civilian employees, with the United States and the other NATO member states each providing half that number. In 2001, the National Defense University also proposed the establishment of a rapidly-deployable 'NATO Response Force', which became partially operational last October. At present, NATO does not have units geared towards post-conflict peacekeeping and reconstruction activities. (rnw.nl)