US seeks European troops for Iraq

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BBC

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has been pushing European nations to commit more forces to Iraq and Afghanistan.

A statement by Nato foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, said the alliance wanted to enhance and expand its commitments in those countries.

But there was no sign the Europeans had come up with the numbers requested.

However, amid calls for improved ties between the US and Europe, diplomats said President George W Bush will visit Brussels on 22 February next year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4077631.stm

AFTER the Gulf War the UN voted to send in an Arab League policing force into former Kuwait. That did a good job.

Maybe Bush has now lost so much face in the Middle East and at the UN that that option is a no-no this time.