MADRID (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday he saw no role for Western alliance in Iraq after Islamist militants seized swathes of territory in the country and took 80 Turkish citizens hostage.
"NATO's role is the defence of our allies... and we don't have a mandate or request on Iraq," said Rasmussen, who also condemned the violence and called for immediate release of the hostages.
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