24.11.2003, 22:30
Zitat:USA wollen angeblich eigene Friedenstruppe aufstellenQuelle: ORF
Das US-Verteidigungsministerium erwägt laut der "Washington Post" die Schaffung einer eigenen US-Friedenstruppe. Gedacht werde an mehrere Brigaden mit je 5.000 Angehörigen oder sogar an eine ganze rund 30.000 Soldaten umfassende Division, berichtete das Blatt heute unter Berufung auf Pentagon-Beamte.(...)
Zitat:Pentagon Considers Creating Postwar Peacekeeping ForcesQuelle: Washington Post
The Pentagon has begun to look seriously at creating military forces that would be dedicated to peacekeeping and reconstruction after future conflicts, defense officials said.(...)
A September study by the Pentagon's Office of Stability Operations outlined how a brigade-size force of about 5,000 troops could be organized. Another study, sponsored by Cebrowski and completed earlier this month by a National Defense University team, called for a larger force of two division-size elements -- one active-duty, one reserve -- totaling about 30,000 troops.(...)