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Press TV December 7, 2009 NATO military heads discuss Afghanistan surge NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a news conference on Friday, December 4, 2009, that he believed allies would cooperate with the US-proposed rise in deployment to war-torn Afghanistan. Military representatives from NATO member states have launched fresh discussions over a US request for the deployment of additional troops in war-torn Afghanistan. Monday's meeting at NATO's military headquarters in Mons, Belgium, is expected to end with a confirmation of last week's pledges made by allied nations, including Britain, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, to provide some 7,000 addition troops. This is while reluctant members like France and German face mounting pressure, with non-NATO member Georgia also promising assistance just days after US President Barack Obama ordered another 30,000 US troops to be deployed in Afghanistan. NATO's European members are tightening defense budgets in response to the global economic downturn, as well as overwhelming public outcry against the mounting death toll in a war deemed by many as "unwinnable." The countries are seeking to focus in contributing trainers for the expanding Afghan security forces. NATO deputy spokeswoman Carmen Romero said the results of the meeting will be announced Tuesday at the conclusion of the conference. On Friday, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he was optimistic about member states' cooperation in committing several thousands more troops by the time of a January 28 international conference on Afghanistan in London. The London meeting aims to discuss the eight-year long conflict and an eventual exit strategy with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai. Washington is hoping to push the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for 10,000 extra troops. The surge, in addition to ISAF's current 106,000 and 30,000 new US troops would raise the international presence in the country to over 140,000 by July 2010. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ============================== --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: arch...@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bNM5nn.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: antinato-unsubscr...@topica.com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
