the whole country = Iraq?

[NewHopeR]

Context:

“It happened all the time, not necessarily in MNF-West all the time, but throughout the whole country,” General Johnson testified, using a military abbreviation for allied forces in western Iraq.

More:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/world/middleeast/united-states-marines-haditha-interviews-found-in-iraq-junkyard.html?pagewanted=3&_r=2&hp

[emsr2d2]

Yes.

[NewHopeR]

Thanks.

Does MNF-West mean western multi-national forces?

[Tdol]

I would interpret it differently:

MNF = Multi-national force
West = the area of Iraq they operated in, so there would probably be a MNF-East too.

I doubt very much that they would use Western for a foreign military force in the Middle East- it would be very controversial.

[NewHopeR]

Excellent.

Thank you.