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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also known as the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. Its headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium. Its other official name is the French equivalent, l'Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord (OTAN).

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International Security Assistance Force (10) (ISAF) is the name of a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan, which consists of about 35,500 personnel as of May 31, 2007. Thirty-seven different nations have contributed troops to this military force, including contributions from North America, Europe and Australia.

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Did you know...

...that the current Supreme Allied Commander for NATO is General John Craddock. General Craddock was formerly the Commander of United States Southern Command?
...that NATO is also called the Western Alliance, the North Atlantic Alliance, and the Atlantic Alliance?
...that the NATO phonetic alphabet is the most widely used phonetic alphabet?

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Member Nation Portals

Bulgaria -- Canada
France -- Germany
Romania
United Kingdom -- United States of America
Turkey -- Greece
Estonia

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NATO news

August 31

A suicide car bomb has hit a NATO airport in Afghanistan. read more
The leader of the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo has been replaced. read more

August 26

18 Afghan civilians have been killed and 22 wounded in a NATO airstrike. Read more
Serbia has asked the United States to drop Martti Ahtisaari's plan for Kosovo. Read more

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Bantz John Craddock (born 1950), a General in the United States Army, is the current Commander, U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) for NATO and the commanding officer of Allied Command Operations (ACO). He also led the United States Southern Command from November 9, 2004 to December 2006. Read more...

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Quotes

The threats we face today are not unique to any of us – they are common across the globe, and none of our countries is immune to them. --Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Our unique partnership was born in common philosophies of freedom and democracy. It was forged during half a century's fight against tyranny. Now it stands as a beacon of democracy, toleration, plurality, openness and candor in a world menaced by extremism and instability. --Lord Robertson