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New coalition command structure marks start of Iraq drawdown for UK Forces.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-MAR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 March 2009-UK Government: New coalition command structure marks start of Iraq drawdown for UK Forces(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The UK's six-year combat mission in Iraq begins to draw to a close today, with the re-drawing of the Coalition regional structure in the south of the country.

In a Written Ministerial Statement, Defence Secretary John Hutton MP today confirmed that the current structure of two multi-national areas, one controlled by the UK and one by the US, will be merged into a single area.

The new Division, known as Multi-National Division-South (MND-S), will be under the command of US Major General Michael Oates. The UK's General...

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