US, 27 Other Nations Providing Troops to Iraq

US Dept. of State ^ | 20 August AD 2003 | -

[Ryan Bailey]

20 August 2003

U.S., 27 Other Nations Providing Troops to Iraq Answer to question taken at August 20 State Department briefing

Following is the official answer to a question taken at the August 20 regular State Department briefing; the answer was posted later in the day:

U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesman Question Taken at August 20, 2003 Press Briefing

New Troop Contributions to the Coalition in Iraq

Question: Have there been any new discussions with countries regarding the contribution of troops to Coalition efforts in Iraq? What are the results of those discussions? Have any new countries come on board?

Answer: We are continuing our discussions with a number of countries regarding the contribution of troops to Coalition efforts in Iraq.

At this time, 27 countries, in addition to the United States, have contributed a total of approximately 21,700 troops to ongoing stability operations in Iraq. These 27 are Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, El Salvador, Estonia, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

In addition to the 27 countries with forces already on the ground in Iraq, four others (Moldova, the Philippines, Portugal, and Thailand) have committed to providing troops.

Fourteen other countries are currently considering whether to provide forces for Iraq.

We cannot comment further on ongoing discussions.

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[Ryan Bailey]

It is quite apparent from their lack of Situational awareness that the democrats who bewail the 'Unilateral' Action of our government either do not know what they're talking about or do not have any respect for these 27 nations, 28 including japan which this week sent it's troops into combat for the first time in over half a century.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

The dems refuse to aknowledge truth, RB. It is the antithesis of their agenda.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They have help too:

Washington Post's David Von Drehle gets SOTU speech wrong

[Naspino]

Reporter: When will the Whitehouse stop unilateral action against Iraq?

Sounds a lot like the -- when will you stop beating your wife argument.