Who Is Securing and Rebuilding Iraq?

CBC News Online ^ | May 6, 2004 | CBC News Online

[christie]

Who is securing and rebuilding Iraq?

COUNTRIES WITH TROOPS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL IN IRAQ

In addition to the United States, which has more than 130,000 troops in Iraq, many other countries have sent military personnel. The number of non-American coalition troops is more than 40,000, though numbers fluctuate.

• United Kingdom: 9,000 soldiers
• Italy: 3,000 soldiers, some serving as police and engineers
• Poland: 2,400 soldiers
• Ukraine: 1,600 soldiers
• Netherlands: 1,100 soldiers plus a logistics team, a field hospital, military police and 200 engineers
• Japan: 1,100 soldiers assigned to reconstruction
• Australia: 800 soldiers
• Romania: 700 soldiers plus 149 de-mining specialists, military police and "special intelligence" members
• South Korea: 600 military engineers and medics
• Bulgaria: 480 soldiers plus chemical warfare experts
• Thailand: 440 soldiers assigned to humanitarian missions
• Denmark: 420 soldiers including medics and military police
• El Salvador: 360 soldiers
• Hungary: 300 soldiers
• Norway: 179 soldiers, mostly engineers and mine clearers
• Mongolia: 160 soldiers involved in peacekeeping
• Azerbaijan: 150 soldiers taking part in law enforcement and protection of historic monuments
• Portugal: 125 soldiers functioning as police officers
• Latvia: 120 soldiers
• Lithuania: 115 soldiers
• Slovakia: 102 soldiers
• Czech Republic: 80 soldiers, serving as police
• Philippines: 80 soldiers plus police and medics
• Albania: 70 non-combat troops
• Georgia: 70 soldiers
• New Zealand: 60 army engineers assigned to reconstruction (expected to leave in Sept. 2004)
• Moldova: 50 soldiers including de-mining specialists and medics
• Macedonia: 35 soldiers
• Estonia: 30 soldiers
• Kazakhstan: 30 soldiers (expected to leave end of May 2004)

Spain withdrew its troops from Iraq following the election of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on March 14. Honduras and the Dominican Republic quickly followed suit. The three countries combined had nearly 2,000 troops in Iraq. Nicaragua withdrew its 115 troops at the end of March 2004 for economic reasons.

Countries that provide non-military support include: Kuwait and Qatar, which have hosted the U.S. Central Command and the invasion force; Ethiopia and Eritrea, which have given use of bases or ports; and Turkey, which has given permission for airspace use. Others countries have opted to give political support: Angola, Costa Rica, Colombia, Iceland, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Palau, Panama, Rwanda, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Uganda and Uzbekistan.

In early April 2004, the Bush administration indicated it was negotiating with another 50 countries that had expressed interest in providing peacekeeping troops.

FOREIGN WORKERS

The exact number of foreign workers in Iraq is hard to gauge, but it's at least 30,000. Many work for companies that have contracts with the American military to provide support or to rebuild the country. Others work for aid agencies.

Companies with U.S. Department of Defence contracts:

• Kellogg, Brown and Root
• Washington Group International
• Fluor Intercontinental
• Perini Corporation
• Vinnell Corporation
• CSC DynCorp International

Companies with U.S. Agency for International Development contracts:

• International Resources Group
• Air Force Augmentation Program
• Stevedoring Services of America
• Creative Associates International
• Research Triangle Institute
• Abt Associates
• Skylink Air and Logistics Support
• Bearing Point Inc.
• Bechtel (including subcontractors from the UK, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Kuwait, Switzerland)

Non-governmental organizations with USAID grants:

• United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Mercy Corps
• International Relief and Development Incorporated
• Agriculture Co-operative Development International
• Volunteers in Overseas Co-operative Assistance
• Co-operative Housing Foundation
• Save the Children Federation
• Iraqi Nursing Association

[christie]

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Dear Senator Kerry, WE ARE NOT ALONE!

Note: This list is of May 2004 .

[christie]

I thought this list needed it's own post.

Thanks to our coalition partners.

[KJacob]

Where is Halliburton? Oh I forgot they run the whole thing.

[christie]

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Find out more about John Kerry at the John F. Kerry Timeline.

Also, check out Connect the Dots . . . Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.

Kerry lies.
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[christie]

I believe Kellogg, Brown and Root is a subsidiary of Halliburton.

[jcb8199]

Unilateral!!! Unilateraaaaaallll!!!!!

[airborne]

Who Is Securing and Rebuilding Iraq?

My brother and a few of his buddies!

[Kotos]

This list was compiled by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.? I'm astonished!!

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[TxBec]

Koran (9:11) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace.

Wow.

[AZamericonnie]

Wow! What an incredible picture!!!

[blackie]

Good Guys ~ Bump!

[laurenmarlowe]

Thanks for the ping Tonk.

[Peach]

Great post. Thanks.

[Major_Risktaker]

South Korea: 600 military engineers and medics

A little off on the South Korean Count.

News Story One:

Kurdish Prime Minister Welcomes Korean Troops in Iraq

News Story Two:

South Korea's military completed deployment of its 2,800-strong contingent in Iraq on Wednesday and its commander said protecting his troops was at the top of his agenda.

[Sarajevo]

Correct. KBR, formerly known as Kellogg Brown & Root (formerly known as Brown & Root Services Corp.) is presently a subsidiary of Halliburton.

Halliburton is looking to divest itself of KBR