On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 09:47:01 -0700, Mark & Juanita
wrote:

" Do you really believe France would provide more? The "important"
allies
that Kerry is really speaking of consist only of France, Germany, and
Russia. None of them were going to support the invasion because they
knew
that their complicity in the "oil for food -- money for Saddam
program
would be exposed."


Coalition Forces In Desert Storm



AFGHANISTAN - 300 troops

AUSTRALIA - See Australian Info Sheet

BAHRAIN - 400 personnel, 36 aircraft

BANGLADESH - 6,000 troops

BELGIUM - 1 frigate, 2 minesweepers, 2 landing
ships, 6 C-130 planes

BRITAIN - 43,000 troops, 6 destroyers, 4 frigates, 3
minesweepers, 168 tanks, 300 armored
vehicles, 70 jets

CANADA - 2 destroyers, 12 C-130 planes, 24 CF-18
bombers, 4500 troops, Field Hospital (1
Canadian Field Hospital)

CZECHOSLVAKIA - 200 chemical warfare specialists

EGYPT - 40,000 troops (5,000 special forces
paratroopers)

FRANCE - 18,000 troops, 60 combat aircraft, 120
helicopters, 40 tanks, 1 missle cruiser, 3
destroyers, 4 frigates

GERMANY - Jagdbombergeschwader 43 consisting of 18
Alpha-Jets and 212 soldiers stationed in
Erhac/Turkey during the gulf war.

5 Minesweeper, 2 Supply Vessels, 500 sailors
altogether.

HONDURAS - 150 troops

HUNGARY - 1 medical unit

ITALY - 3 frigates, 4 minesweepers, 10 Tornado
Aircraft

KUWAIT - 11,000 troops, 2 missle boats, 1 barge, A-4 Skyhawks
(exact # unknown)
Leaders:
Emir of Kuwait


NEW ZEALAND - 50 medical soldiers and 2 C-130's

NIGER - 500 troops

OMAN - 25,500 troops, 63 airplanes, 4 Exocet-armed
ships

POLAND - 1 Hospital Ship

QATAR - 1 squadron of Mirage F-1E fighters

ROMANIA - 180 chemical warfare experts

SAUDI ARABIA - 118,000 troops, 550 tanks, 180
airplanes

Leaders:
King Fahad Leader of Saudi Arabia

SOUTH KOREA - 5 C-130 transport planes, 1 medical
unit

SYRIA - 17,000 troops, 300 T-62 tanks

UNITED ARAB EMRIATES - 40,000 troops, 80 planes,
200 tanks

UNITED STATES - 540,000 troops, 6 aircraft carriers,
submarines, 4,000 tanks, 1,700
helicopters, 1,800 airplanes



Regards,
Tom.

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Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
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