# Iraq Coalition/Afganistan Coalition

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-coalition-afganistan-coalition/473634 "2008-11-20T12:01:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simple\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Simple\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Mind)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-coalition-afganistan-coalition/473634/1 "2008-11-20T12:01:11Z")

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Who are the “Coalition Forces” being mentioned in the Briefings/Statements of the Iraq war and what/who are all the Countrys participating in the Afganistan war.

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**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-coalition-afganistan-coalition/473634/2 "2008-11-20T16:22:03Z")

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Wikipedia has answers to both:

> **[Multi-National Force – Iraq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_force_in_Iraq)**
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> The Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF–I), often referred to as the Coalition forces, was a military command during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and much of the ensuing Iraq War, led by the United States of America (Operation Iraqi Freedom), United Kingdom (Operation Telic), Australia, Italy (Operation Ancient Babylon), Spain and Poland, responsible for conducting and handling military operations.
> The MNF-I replaced the previous force, Combined Joint Task Force 7, on 15 May 2004, and was later itself...

> **[International Security Assistance Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force)**
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> The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014. It was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 pursuant to the Bonn Agreement, which outlined the establishment of a permanent Afghan government following the U.S. invasion in October 2001. ISAF's primary goal was to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding key government institutions; it gradually took ISA...

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**Author:** ![hdc\_bst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@hdc\_bst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hdc_bst)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-coalition-afganistan-coalition/473634/3 "2008-11-20T16:24:15Z")

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And the official sites are:

> **[Multi-National Force - Iraq - Home](https://www.mnf-iraq.com/)**
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> Multi-National Force - Iraq official web site, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is anxious to take more responsibility for his countrys security, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said today.

[http://www.nato.int/isaf/index.html](http://www.nato.int/isaf/index.html)

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**Author:** ![Simple\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Simple\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Mind)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-coalition-afganistan-coalition/473634/4 "2008-11-21T12:54:19Z")

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Thanks for the info.