March 19, 2003
Going on Record

The dire horror of "unilateralism"

ALBANIA -- Offered to send troops in a largely symbolic gesture.

AUSTRALIA -- Sent 2,000-strong force of elite SAS troops, fighter jets and warships to the Gulf.

BAHRAIN -- Headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

BRITAIN -- Washington's chief ally on Iraq has sent or committed 45,000 military personnel, planes and warships.

BULGARIA -- Offered use of airspace, base and refueling for U.S. warplanes; sent non-combat troops specializing in chemical and biological warfare decontamination.

CROATIA -- Airspace and airports open to civilian transport planes from the coalition.

CZECH REPUBLIC -- Sent non-combat troops specializing in chemical warfare decontamination in response to U.S. request.

DENMARK -- The government decided to take part in the military action with a submarine and a corvette and a medical team.

GERMANY -- Despite opposition to a war on Iraq, Germany has chemical warfare decontamination specialists in Kuwait which will be increased to between 200 and 250 troops.

HUNGARY -- Hosts a U.S. base where Iraqi exiles are trained for possible post-war administrative roles.

ITALY -- Offered logistical help and use of military bases and ports under longstanding NATO commitments.

JORDAN -- Opened its airspace to coalition planes; hosts U.S. troops carrying out search and rescue operations in western Iraq and manning a Patriot anti-missile defense system.

KUWAIT -- Hosts coalition forces massed for an invasion.

OMAN -- Base for U.S. planes used in Afghanistan, but says will play no role in war against Iraq.

POLAND -- To deploy up to 200 troops in the Gulf region, which will perform a non-combat role supporting U.S.-led offensive.

PORTUGAL -- Made available NATO air bases and an air base in the mid-Atlantic Azores islands.

QATAR -- Hosts a mobile HQ for U.S. Central Command; allowed Washington to expand an airfield to handle more combat jets.

ROMANIA -- Airspace and a base open to U.S. warplanes; sent non-combat specialists in chemical decontamination, medics, engineers and military police in response to a U.S. request.

SAUDI ARABIA -- U.S. and British planes use its Prince Sultan Air Base to enforce a "no-fly zone" over southern Iraq.

SLOVAKIA -- Sent non-combat troops specializing in chemical warfare decontamination in response to a U.S. request.

SPAIN -- Strongest ally of the United States and Britain. Promised use of its NATO bases for strike on Iraq. Spain will send a medical support vessel equipped with nuclear, biological and chemical treatment facilities. A back-up frigate and 900 troops also pledged.

TURKEY -- Parliament is likely to debate on Thursday opening its airspace to U.S. warplanes but would not allow them access to airbases even for refueling.

UAE -- Base for U.S. surveillance aircraft and refueling; host to an estimated 3,000 Western troops.

UKRAINE -- Agreed to U.S. request that it send chemical warfare and nuclear decontamination experts.


Thanks, Reuters.



Posted by Drizzten at March 19, 2003 11:52 PM

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Minor correction. We've sent 2,000 regular troops (still better than your regulars though :p ) and we have prolly about 200 SAS there too.

God, 2,000 SAS would just be plain scary.

Posted by: Ken on March 20, 2003 04:05 AM
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