NATO’s assistance to Iraq
Who is in charge?
The NATO mission is a distinct mission, under the political control of NATO’s North Atlantic Council. It is co-ordinated with the US-led Multinational Force (MNF).
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The Commander of the MNF training effort is “dual-hatted” as the commander of the NATO effort as well. On NATO issues he reports up the NATO chain of command to NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and, ultimately, the North Atlantic Council.
The MNF provides a secure environment for the protection of NATO forces in Iraq. The NATO chain of command has responsibility for close area force protection for all NATO personnel deployed to Iraq or the region.
The current Commander is U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Dubik, who took command on 10 June 2007, replacing U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey.
The National Defence University, set up by NATO, comes under the authority of the Iraqi Training and Doctrine Centre, which establishes the framework of what all the Iraqi military schools must do in training matters.
