NATO TRAINS IRAQI OIL POLICE
February 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is training trainers for Iraq's specialist Oil Police force, which is tasked with protecting critical oil and gas infrastructure in the country. The first qualified trainers have now graduated, after instruction from NATO-assigned Italian Carabinieri (military police). A second course is now under way, said NATO.
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THE NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is training trainers for Iraq's specialist Oil Police force, which is tasked with protecting critical oil and gas infrastructure in the country. The first qualified trainers have now graduated, after instruction from NATO-assigned Italian Carabinieri (military police). A second course is now under way, said NATO.
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