Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari,at a news conference in Baghdad,gave a strong endorsement of the role played by "multinational forces" ,the formal name for the 160,000 foreign troops serving here under American command,inbcluding about 140,000 Americans,and about 20,000 in contingents from some 30 other nations.
"The multinational forces are not occupying forces,they are friendly forces,and they are helping us establish security,carrying out missions in the interest of the iraqi people,under the authority of the iraqi government,"Dr. Jaafari said
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