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List of Countries With Troops in Iraq
The Associated Press
Thursday, November 13, 2003; 4:40 PM
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.
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.
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