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Article: United States Considers Asking NATO to Take Over Control of Ira... Occupation.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- July 9, 2003
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Jul. 9--WASHINGTON--With American costs and casualties mounting in Ira..., the Bush administration is showing new interest in putting NATO in charge of the military occupation as a way of scaling back the U.S. troop commitment, U.S. and NATO officials say.
Such a change would discomfit some administration hard-liners, as it would force the United States to share decision-making on Ira... with European leaders who opposed the U.S.-led invasion, analysts said.
It might also re...uire seeking a mandate from the United Nations Security Council, which the United States failed to get before ...