NATO

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https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/20...ATOs-high-readiness-task-force/7811577723828/

Keep your eyes on Poland as they are leading the NATO High Readiness Task Forces.



Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Poland's army will be the leader of NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, the military bloc announced on Monday.
The task force, created in 2004 in response to Russian annexation of Crimea and also known as the Spearhead Force, has thousands of troops on constant standby and ready to deploy. A NATO statement said that 3,000 of the 6,000 soldiers serving in the task force will be from the Polish army.

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/world/middleeast/nato-troops-iraq.html

Some NATO Troops Begin Leaving Iraq
The alliance, which has been training Iraqi soldiers battling the Islamic State, said that it would begin removing some troops after the United States killed the Iranian general Qassim Suleimani.