On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:39:52 +0000, Guido wrote:

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:13:05 -0500, "Nicholas Anthony"
wrote:


"Guido" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:15:11 -0500, "Nicholas Anthony"
wrote:




What foreign countries?

There are over 30 foreign countries assisting us from troops to intel.
Nearly the whole Mid East is in support. But back to topic in the US only
one person voted against the war based on the same intel we had at the time.


Afghanistan,

Dang !! They were just conquered. How did that happen?

Albania,

120 non-combat troops, patrolling Mosul airport.

Australia,

Roughly 550 troops and support in Iraq.

Azerbaijan,

150 troops.

Bulgaria,

The last four Bulgarian soldiers left.

Pulled out it's 380 infantry troops in December; will deploy 120 non-combat
troops by mid-March to guard refugee camp.

Colombia,

They had one "security contractor" shot.

the Czech Republic,

100 military police training Iraqis.

Denmark,

Independent contingent of 550 troops including infantry, medics and military
police in South East Iraq near Basra at "Camp Danevang".
Denmark has plans to leave Iraq in early to late 2006 ....

El Salvador,

380 soldiers doing humanitarian work in Hillah.

Eritrea,


Estonia,

34 troops.

Ethiopia,


Georgia,

858 combat forces, medics and support personnel in Baqouba.

Hungary,

Hungary's contingent of 300 transportation troops had begun arriving home in
Budapest from Iraq on the 22nd of December 2004, reported AFP. All of Hungary's
troops were reported by the Defence Ministry to have left Iraq by the end of
that day.

Italy,

About 2,600 troops, most in Nasiriyah. Half will be gone by June.

Japan,

600 non-combat troops based in Samawah to purify water. Pullout may
be in March.

South Korea,

3,270 troops training Iraqis; security for U.N.; 1,000 to withdraw this year;
mission expires at end of 2006.

Latvia,

135 soldiers, pulling out by year's end.

Lithuania,

60 soldiers, with the Danish.

Macedonia,

32 troops providing security.

the Netherlands,

15 soldiers as part of NATO mission training police, gone by August.

Nicaragua,

230 troops left in February 2004, no replacement.

the Philippines,

Their 51 medics, engineers and soldiers were withdrawn July 14 2004.

Poland,

900 non-combat troops.

Romania,

863 troops, including 400 infantry, 150 mine experts, 100 military police, 50
military intelligence plus medics and U.N. guards.

Slovakia,

107 troops stationed in Hillah in Polish sector, mostly removing mines.

Spain,

.... declared the end of the mission on April 28, 2004 with the withdrawal of
the last 260 troops ...

Turkey,

Had ~30 contactors killed, mostly truck drivers.

United Kingdom

About 8,000 troops in southern Iraq.

and Uzbekistan.

US forces: ~ 138,000 as of February 2006.

Pulled out thus far: Bulgaria, Ukraine, Nicaragua, Spain, Honduras,
Norway, Dominican Republic, Philippines, Thailand, Hungary,
New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Netherlands, Moldova & Tonga.

NEVER THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt,
Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, Oman, Yemen, Lebanon, Israel
Pakistan, India, Bahrain ..... Oops ... why did none of them want
the wars or supply troops & bombs?

They were, after all, the only ones Saddam could have reached with
his purported "WMDs". And who the shrubbie was "protecting".
--
Cliff