Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan

STRASBOURG, France — European leaders offered few extra troops on Saturday for President Obama’s intensified effort in Afghanistan, with most of the soldiers only on temporary security assignment, underlining deep divisions within the alliance over the war. For a NATO summit meeting intended to be without drama, marking the 60th anniversary of the alliance, the event has been fractious both inside the hall and outside.

[They offered 'advisers' numbering in the dozens.]

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