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| Men with Chests: Members of U.S. coalition reaffirm support |
| 2004-04-22 |
| EFL Members of the U.S.-led Iraq coalition said yesterday that the decision of three Does anyone have a full list of countries that are contributing human resources on the ground in Iraq? We need to keep tabs on our friends. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #6 I wonder if it is goodwill built up from defending ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Either way, it's good to have them aboard. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-04-22 10:00:31 PM |
| #5 eLarson - I heard that too; there's an official statement from the Albanian Foreign Minister on Monday that they now have 71 troops there and that they would "readily" send more. I don't know how many they could in practicality send - the entire armed forces consists of only 44,000 personnel - but it's nice to have friends, especially from a Moslem country. It's interesting how many majority Moslem non-Arab countries have been generally supportive of the WOT and US action in Iraq. Perhaps proximity to sand or oil somehow breeds rabid, spit-flying, irrational fanaticism? It would also be extremely interesting to see the Rhodesians in Iraq. Executive Outcomes, anyone? Sofia the Librarian PS my father, a general contractor, sent me a Caterpillar 75th Anniversary pin in honor of St Pancake. I've been wearing it all day, thoroughly confusing my lefty coworkers. |
| Posted by: Sofia 2004-04-22 5:30:10 PM |
| #4 I heard that Albania would be upping their troop levels to compesate for the loss of our Central American contingent. (Perhaps they'll re-apply for Spanish Colonial status, too?) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-04-22 4:45:29 PM |
| #3 I believe Rhodesians are in demand too. Something about 6 Troop, 2Cdo, I guess. At least when they get kidnapped, there's no gov't to bribe/threaten, swear at, etc. These guys just found another war with intelligent people who really dont care. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2004-04-22 4:07:44 PM |
| #2 Here are the military forces, pre-Spain and Honduran coitus interruptus: Countries With Units in Iraq Country Current Peronnel United Kingdom 11,000 Poland 2,400 Italy 2,700 Ukraine 2,000 Spain 1,300 Netherlands 1,100 Australia 1,000 South Korea 700 Romania 700 Bulgaria 470 Denmark 496 Thailand 460 Honduras 370 El Salvador 360 Hungary 300 Dominican Republic 300 Nicaragua 230 Singapore 200 Mongolia 180 Azerbaijan 151 Norway 150 Latvia 121 Portugal 128 Lithuania 105 Slovakia 105 Philippines 96 Czech Republic 80 Japan ~75 Albania 70 Georgia 70 New Zealand 60 Estonia 55 Kazakhstan 29 Macedonia 28 Moldova 24 TOTAL 26,500 (source: Global Security www.globalsecurity.rg) That doesn't include about 1,500 non-US foreign contract personnel from, among others, France, Spain, UK, Denmark, Russia, Ukraine, China, Germany, South Africa and Belgium, or another roughly 1000 NGO personnel of various non-US nationalities. There are about 1000 US NGO employees and about 5000 US civilian contractors currently present. Pray for all of them. Sofia the Librarian |
| Posted by: Sofia 2004-04-22 2:58:47 PM |
| #1 Well, Spain are doubling their Afghanistan troops. So, I guess they must be friends. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4426 2004-04-22 8:05:21 AM |