NATO: no answer on reinforcements

Discussions continue tomorrow...

NATO's Troop Appeal Goes Unanswered
Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) By Ed Johnson-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's plea for troop reinforcements in Afghanistan went unanswered...Member states gave ``positive indications'' about providing further troops in the future...NATO ambassadors will meet tomorrow to discuss the issue. A meeting of alliance foreign ministers next week in New York will be followed by a conference of defense ministers in Slovenia the following week, Appathurai added.

Meahwhile, a candid statement by Annan on shortages of competent international forces for stability operations:

"We are competing for the same troops,'' -Secretary General Kofi Annan, on how both NATO and the UN struggle to find enough troops for their missions worldwide.