Countries with troops in Iraq

[Dove]

I just recently came across this information ….
And since the subject of Iraq has come up in a couple of other threads.
I thought this was pertinent in a general way.

Neither meant as pro or con opinion about anything …
But simply thought it good information to know.

Countries with troops in Iraq:

United States: 135,000
United Kingdom of Great Britain: 8,500
*England
*Northern Ireland
*Scotland
*Wales
Italy: 3,000
South Korea
Poland: 2,400
Ukraine: 1,600
Netherlands: 1,345
Romania: 700
Japan: 550
Denmark: 500
Bulgaria: 480
El Salvador 380
Australia: 300
Hungary: 300
Mongolia: 173
Azerbaijan: 151
Georgia: 150
Latvia: 133
Portugal: 120
Slovakia: 105
Czech Republic: 90
Lithuania: 90
Albania: 71
Estonia: 45
Kingdom of Tonga: 44
Macedonia: 32
Kazakhstan: 27
Moldova: 12

Countries that have withdrawn all,
Or nearly all troops:

New Zealand: 60 troops returned home Sept. 15.
Cited reason: conclusion of deployment.

Thailand: 423 troops returned home as of Sept. 9.
Cited reason: one-year humanitarian mission ended.

Philippines: 51 withdrawn on July 19.
Cited reason: to save lives of hostages

Norway: 10 currently in Iraq; 140 withdrawn on June 30.
Cited reason: growing domestic opposition and peacekeepers needed elsewhere, such as Afghanistan

Honduras: 370 withdrawn on May 12.
Cited reason: Troops were sent for reconstruction, not combat.

Dominican Republic: 302 withdrawn on May 4.
Cited reason: growing domestic opposition.

Spain: 1,300 withdrawn on May 4.
Cited reason: new government fulfilled campaign pledge.

Singapore: 160 withdrawn on April 4.
Cited reason: completed humanitarian mission.

Nicaragua: 115 withdrawn on Feb. 4.
Cited reason: lack of funds.

May the Great Spirit who watches over us all,
Hold these people especially close.

[Aelfoak]

I never even knew Mongolia had an army!

[-Sky-]

I thought Greece had too...*sighs in relief* Thanks god we don't.

[Dove]

I thought Greece had too...*sighs in relief* Thanks god we don't.
Well I wish I could say for certain that the info I posted was correct.
It's just something I came across while looking for something else.

I feel really bad that I didn't know A LOT Of those countries were involved.

I'm courious if everyone, but me ...
Is up on which countries are ...
Or were in Iraq.

[Moon Daughter]

thanks for posting that.
still, i'm not very sure on how correct that info is...
and i'd like to know on which missions do the diff. countries send their troops there..ie. peacekeepers..or combat or what

[Dove]

as I said ...
It was a site that I just came across,
But it looked legit.
Ya know ... not like someone's home made ... post what ever comes to mind ...
Sort of site.

But now I'm wishing I had included the site addy.

I'm going to spend a little time and see if I can find it again.
It ought to be in my todays histories ...
shouldn't it???

[Secrets Flame]

Some of those countires (like the USA, UK, Australia) are the number of regular soldiers in Iraq. The number of their special forces is unknown (namely because it's not released). I'd love to see what the numbers of special forces (DELTA, SAS) is in Iraq, and even what they are doing... but it's not something I expect to ever see lol. (and I would not want those figures released until their missions are over and they are back on home soil)

[mcc]

thanks for posting that.
still, i'm not very sure on how correct that info is...
and i'd like to know on which missions do the diff. countries send their troops there..ie. peacekeepers..or combat or what
This page gives these same numbers (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm) along with a breakdown of how some of the forces are being used. While they do not give a source for their numbers as far as I can tell on the page if you really want to know you might be able to e-mail them and ask.