NATO Training Mission - Iraq

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The NATO Training Mission - Iraq is a NATO mission assisting the training of the Iraqi Police and Military of Iraq in conjunction with MNF-I. It consists of:

  • Flag of the United States United States - The US provided 60 instructors and a protection company in addition to airlift support and logistics.[1]
  • Flag of Poland Poland - Poland has sent 10 instructors and a transport platoon of 30 soldiers to serve under NTM-I.[1]
  • Flag of Denmark Denmark - Denmark offered 10 instructors and 7 guards to NTM-I.[1]
  • Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands - There are 15 Dutch soldiers in Iraq, training police as part of a NATO mission.[2]
  • Flag of Hungary Hungary - There are 15 Hungarian personnel supporting the NTM-I mission.[3]
  • Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom - The UK has deployed 11 soldiers to NTM-I.[1]
  • Flag of Portugal Portugal - Portugal sent 10 soldiers to Iraq as part of NTM-I.[1]
  • Flag of Norway Norway - 10 Norwegian instructors are deployed in Iraq.[1]
  • Flag of Italy Italy - As of February 2005, 8 Italian officers had been deployed, while the deployment of 16 more was under consideration.[1] Additionally, the Italian Navy began providing advice to its Iraqi counterpart in November 2006; while until February 2007 a 'Military Advisement and Liaison Team (MALT)' had provided training programs for Iraqi troops tasked with the defense of NTM-I's Ar-Rustamiyah complex.[4]
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic - Pledged to send 5 instructors as of February 2005.[1]
  • Flag of Slovenia Slovenia - In March 2006, Slovenia deployed 4 officers and an unspecified number of subordinate troops to a fortified compound in Rustamiyah, Baghdad to assist in the training of Iraqi police. The troops will ostensibly stay for six months, and are the first Slovenian soldiers that have been sent to the country.[5]
  • Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria - In October 2006, the Bulgarian government sent 4 officers.[6]
  • Flag of Turkey Turkey - As of February 2005, 2 Turkish soldiers were serving in Baghdad.[1]
  • Flag of Romania Romania - As of February 2005, there were 2 instructors in Iraq, while the deployment of 5 more was a possibility.[1]
  • Flag of Lithuania Lithuania - As of August 2007, there were 9 Lithuanian trainers in Iraq.[7]
  • Flag of Iceland Iceland - A 'public information officer' was expected to serve with NTM-I as of February 2005.[1]
  • Flag of Estonia Estonia - One officer as of February 2005.[1]
  • Flag of Ukraine Ukraine - There are 3 officers supporting the NTM-I mission.[8]

[edit] Sources and References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32105.pdf
  2. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20070223060807/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq_coalition_glance
  3. ^ NTMI Article
  4. ^ Ministero della Difesa - Contributo Nazionale
  5. ^ Slovenia to Send Soldiers to Iraq
  6. ^ Multi-National Force - Iraq - Bulgaria
  7. ^ Lithuanian troops welcomed home - Boston.com
  8. ^ Участь Збройних Сил України у миротворчих операціях