Blair Hopes to Broaden Support in Iraq (NATO)

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050208/ap_on_re_eu/iraq_blair&cid=518&ncid=1480

LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) said Tuesday he hoped that international support for training Iraqi security forces would broaden at a NATO (news - web sites) summit later this month.



Giving evidence to a committee of lawmakers, Blair said he expected members to strike an agreement at the Feb. 22 meeting in Brussels, where President Bush (news - web sites) will meet allied leaders for the first time since his re-election in November.


"I think you may find that at the NATO meeting at the end of February we get an agreement on help for training the Iraqi security forces," Blair said.


"I hope that that will see some of the countries that have not been involved in either the conflict in Iraq (news - web sites) or its aftermath joining that training exercise," he said.

[Stella_Artois]

1. Translation

Please help ! We don't want to be stuck here forever, i have an election in May !

[LynnTheDem]

2. NATO reply: read our lips.

NO.

[Spazito]

3. If Blair is looking at Canada, he will be 'disappointed'...

Martin says no plans to send troops to Iraq

OTTAWA — Ottawa has no intention of sending Canadian troops to Iraq, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Monday.

Published reports have suggested that the United States wants Canada to send a small group of soldiers to Iraq, triggering questions in the House of Commons.

NDP Leader Jack Layton demanded during question period that Martin hold a vote in the House before troops might be sent.

But Martin went one better, saying no vote was necessary because no soldiers would be committed to the troubled Middle East nation.

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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1107817225708_103226425?hub=Canada

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Is the summit in Brussels?

That's not too far from The Hague, is it?