Nato allies to send extra 7,000 troops to Afghanistan

demoleft

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Fri Dec-04-09 06:19 AM
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Nato allies to send extra 7,000 troops to Afghanistan

Source: bbc

Nato's top official says countries will send at least 7,000 extra troops to support the US surge in Afghanistan.

Speaking at a Nato summit in Brussels, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said there would be "more to come".

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Earlier, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the response from Nato allies as "positive", but some major countries are holding back.

France and Germany, for instance, have not yet committed to sending extra troops.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8394985.stm

some in europe have been growing colder and colder on sending more troops.
and they are right too.

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Fri Dec-04-09 06:58 AM
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1. Ridiculous waste of lives

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