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Article: NATO leaders agree to help train Iraq's security forces.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- June 29, 2004
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Byline: Jonathan S. Landay
ISTANBUL, Turkey _ NATO leaders agreed on Monday to help train Iraq's fledging security forces, an offer that fell short of President Bush's earlier goal of persuading NATO to take a major role in helping U.S. troops contain insurgent attacks in Iraq.
The leaders of the 26 NATO countries also approved the temporary expansion of a 6,500-strong NATO peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan by some 3,500 troops to safeguard September elections amid intensifying attacks by remnants of the Taliban bent on derailing the vote.
The NATO leaders said in a statement that in addition to helping with training, NATO would consider "as ...