Multi-National Force – Iraq
The Multi- National Force - Iraq (MNF -I; German: " Multinational Force in Iraq" ) presented the military presence of the " coalition of the willing " in Iraq represents the MNF-I were the successor organization of the Combined Joint Task Force 7, a unit which mainly consisted of troops of the U.S. armed forces. Overall, in the multinational force that had almost 150,000 strong, represented 26 nations. Among these are the United States nearly 135,000.
With the establishment of the troops - along with the direct reports Multi- National Corps Iraq - on 15 May 2004 followed the leading nations of the occupation of Iraq - the United States and the United Kingdom - the goal is to construct a force that is better organized and thus should perform their duties satisfactorily than their predecessors unit. After all the allied states have withdrawn their troops between 2008 and 2009, the Association, which consisted now only of U.S. troops was renamed United States Forces Iraq ( USF -I). Simultaneously, with the renaming of January 1, 2010, the imputed Multi- National Corps Iraq and responsible for the training of Iraqi security forces Multi- National Security Transition Command Iraq integrated into the U.S. Forces Iraq.
Organization
Territorial organization
The MNF -I won the Iraq divided into five zones of occupation. The U.S. was responsible for the considered particularly dangerous areas of the west and center, which housed the capital, Baghdad, as well as for the Kurdish -dominated areas in the north. Poland was assigned to the area, which was located south of the American -occupied zone. However, the greatest part of the South managed the armed forces of the United Kingdom.