Albania?????? hahahahaahaaa... ok, no offense to Albanians.

And, actually it's Italy = 3000 - 26

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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You lose big time again Donal you mislead and ignorant whining liberal
fool.

from: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031113/D7UPVKQ00.html


Countries besides the United States that are assisting in postwar Iraq:

Albania - 71 non-combat troops in northern Iraq.

Azerbaijan - 150 troops for law enforcement and protection of religious
and historic monuments in Iraq.

Bulgaria - 485 troops patrolling Karbala, south of Baghdad. An additional
289 are to be sent.

Central America and the Caribbean - Dominican Republic (300 troops), El
Salvador (360), Honduras (360) and Nicaragua (120) are
assisting a Spanish-led brigade in south-central Iraq.

Czech Republic - 296 troops and three civilians running a field hospital
in Basra, and a small detachment of military police.

Denmark - 406 troops, including light infantry, medics and military
police. An additional 90 soldiers are being sent.

Georgia - 69 troops, including 34 special forces soldiers, 15 engineers
and 20 medics.

Estonia - 55 troops.

Hungary - 300 transportation troops.

Italy - 3,000 troops.

Japan - Delays a decision Thursday on sending troops to Iraq, citing
security concerns after a surge in anti-coalition violence.

Kazakhstan - 27 troops.

Latvia - 106 troops.

Lithuania - 90 troops.

Macedonia - 28 troops.

Moldova - Dozens of de-mining specialists and medics.

Netherlands - 1,106 troops, including 650 marines, three Chinook transport
helicopters, a logistics team, a field hospital, a
commando contingent, military police and a unit of 230 military engineers.

New Zealand - 61 army engineers for reconstruction work in southern Iraq.

Norway - 156 troops, including engineers and mine clearers.

Philippines - 177 troops.

Poland - 2,400 troops, command of one of three military sectors in Iraq.

Portugal - 120 police officers.

Romania - 800 troops, including 405 infantry, 149 de-mining specialists
and 100 military police, along with a 56-member special
intelligence detachment.

Slovakia - 82 military engineers.

South Korea - 675 non-combat troops with more forces on the way. But Seoul
will cap its force at 3,000 rebuffing Washington's
request for additional soldiers.

Spain - 1,300 troops, mostly assigned to police duties in south-central
Iraq.

Thailand - 400 troops assigned to humanitarian operations.

Ukraine - 1,640 troops.

United Kingdom - 7,400 troops, with an additional 1,200 planned.

The United States is in discussions with more than a dozen other countries
about providing troops.