In 1993, the United States handed over command of multinational forces in Somalia to the United Nations.
The multinational forces have been targeting control of bridges in the city in hopes of stopping the movement of insurgents.
He observes that the multinational forces in the Gulf War defeated Iraq by first destroying its ability to command its forces.
In the meantime, troops from the Central African Multinational Forces were expected to arrive to bolster security in the capital, he said.
We were with a member of the MFO (Multinational Forces and Observers) - an Englishman who works with the international forces in the Sinai desert.
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Inevitably, such a solution boils down to insistence that multinational forces be withdrawn from the region in exchange for Iraqi forces being moved a relatively short distance up the road.
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"Multinational Forces discontinued the engagement of those terrorists in order to protect the civilian populace and minimize collateral damage to the town of Qaryat ar Rufush, " the CPIC statement said.
Patrick Driscoll, a spokesman for the U.S.-led multinational forces.
Iraq has a timeline for the troop withdrawals and "we are doing our utmost and coordinating closely with the multinational forces to ensure there is no vacuum when that happens, " he said.
Such has been the experience, for example, with United Nations forces in southern Lebanon, European Union monitors who were deployed for a time at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza and even U.S.-led multinational forces deployed to monitor the demilitarization of the Sinai.
Mr Obama wants a US drawdown of troops to begin next summer although US General David Petraeus - who this week replaced the sacked commander of multinational forces Stanley McChrystal - is among those insisting that has to be based on conditions on the ground.
Catherine McIntosh, a British spokeswoman with Multinational defense forces.
But it does recommend that member states get together to form and train coherent multinational brigade-size forces available for deployment within 30 days, or sometimes 90.
Examples of support for US forces include NATO ISAR forces in Afghanistan, and the role British and Polish forces have taken in commanding multinational divisions in Iraq.
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Our air forces have expanded their interaction to include multinational air exercises hosted by each country, such as the U.S. RED FLAG and Brazilian CRUZEX exercises.
And we think that -- U.S. forces are playing a constrained supporting role in a multinational coalition whose operations are both legitimized by and limited to the terms of a U.N.
In one camp are the forces of globalisation: not just McDonald's and other multinational firms but everything from the economics department at the University of Chicago to the World Trade Organisation.
So President Reagan decided to withdraw U.S. forces from what would likely become a major military quagmire for the United States, instead of a multinational peacekeeping operation.
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