Countries with troops in Iraq!?!? Latest list please?

[SerbPVO]

Can I get a list of the countries that military presence in Iraq at the moment? Thanks!

[Whisper_44]

INDEPTH: IRAQ
Who is securing and rebuilding Iraq?
CBC News Online | Updated May 6, 2004

COUNTRIES WITH TROOPS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL IN IRAQ

In addition to the United States, which has more than 130,000 troops in Iraq, many other countries have sent military personnel. The number of non-American coalition troops is more than 40,000, though numbers fluctuate.

United Kingdom: 9,000 soldiers
Italy: 3,000 soldiers, some serving as police and engineers
Poland: 2,400 soldiers
Ukraine: 1,600 soldiers
Netherlands: 1,100 soldiers plus a logistics team, a field hospital, military police and 200 engineers
Japan: 1,100 soldiers assigned to reconstruction
Australia: 800 soldiers
Romania: 700 soldiers plus 149 de-mining specialists, military police and "special intelligence" members
South Korea: 600 military engineers and medics
Bulgaria: 480 soldiers plus chemical warfare experts
Thailand: 440 soldiers assigned to humanitarian missions
Denmark: 420 soldiers including medics and military police
El Salvador: 360 soldiers
Hungary: 300 soldiers
Norway: 179 soldiers, mostly engineers and mine clearers
Mongolia: 160 soldiers involved in peacekeeping
Azerbaijan: 150 soldiers taking part in law enforcement and protection of historic monuments
Portugal: 125 soldiers functioning as police officers
Latvia: 120 soldiers
Lithuania: 115 soldiers
Slovakia: 102 soldiers
Czech Republic: 80 soldiers, serving as police
Philippines: 80 soldiers plus police and medics
Albania: 70 non-combat troops
Georgia: 70 soldiers
New Zealand: 60 army engineers assigned to reconstruction (expected to leave in Sept. 2004)
Moldova: 50 soldiers including de-mining specialists and medics
Macedonia: 35 soldiers
Estonia: 30 soldiers
Kazakhstan: 30 soldiers (expected to leave end of May 2004)

[Secret Squirrel]

You can find currents stats here (Philippines left) http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm

[memphiz]

Approximately 90 members of the Canadian army, navy and air force were serving with Americans units on an exchange basis in the spring of 2003. That number included seven or eight fighter pilots from CFB Cold Lake. Another 50 Canadians were serving with the British forces on an exchange basis.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17193&highlight=canadians+iraq

[M1A2U2]

That list is wrong according to michael moore

[BadKarma26]

When is that guy gonna have a heart attack?

[Kilgor]

when his doctor tells him hes gonna have to lose weight

[moughoun]

when his doctor tells him hes gonna have to lose weight

He ate his Doctor, didn't you see it on Fox news p-)

[Sergei]

****, Ukraine 1600 troops, our boys have to be pulled out very soon. :(

[mack pl]

****, Ukraine 1600 troops, our boys have to be pulled out very soon. :(
ehhh, Sergei.......I have a dream-Ukraine in NATO and UE ;) ...but for you it could be night mare :lol:

Regards

[FB]

The list is not completely correct (and I don't like Mr Moore :D ), for Italy at least.

It's not anymore the Sassari Brigade in Nassiriya. Today its the Pozzuolo del Friuli Cavalry Brigade.

The (almost) complete list of Italian Army personnel in Nassiriya is here (in Italian only):

http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/attivita/mix_babilonia3.asp

To this list it must be added the personnel and the 6 ARIETE Tanks from the 1st Company, III Tanks Battallion, 32nd Tanks Regiment, Ariete Brigade.

Best regards

[Mark Sman]

Countries with troops currently operating in Iraq under the U.N. security council resolution.

http://illuminationline.com/netnut/coalition.jpg

[mi35d]

Is it just me or is that Avitar just plain hot? (Moughoun)

Rock on.

[AROUETLJ]

Spain didn't withdraw "due to terrorist activity", but because of an electoral programme approved by the majority in a democratic election.

[He219]

albeit by the narrowest of margins influenced by the reaction to terrorist attacks ..

;)

[Zapp Brannigan]

Globalsecurity.org's list is riddled with minor errors, though much better than back in February and March, when I managed to get the Orbat people there, John Pike and Patrick Garrett, to correct several.

That organization also has an ideological agenda, which sometimes leads them to put a negative spin on things. For example, in describing Singapore, they say "Various news media were reporting that Singapore had quietly reduced its presence in Iraq from 191 to 33. It is unclear when the troops left the country." In the first place, Singapore had no "troops" in Iraq to begin with - but I will excuse GS.org for not knowing the differences among soldiers, sailors and airmen. Singapore's initial deployment was of the RSS Endurance, a Royal Singapore Navy LST, and of a Royal Singapore Air Force C-130 and support personnel, for a total of 192 personnel. Announcing (http://www.mindef.gov.sg/display.asp?number=1939) the two-month deployment, apparently too "quietly" for GS.org to notice, the Ministry of Defence stated "RSS Endurance will undertake logistical tasks such as replenishing supplies for other naval vessels in the Arabian Gulf, and conducting patrols to show maritime presence. She will also provide a platform for helicopter missions, and maritime boarding operations missions by teams from other coalition countries when they inspect ships leaving Iraq." The C-130 would "assist coalition forces in carrying supplies and personnel, transport humanitarian material and conduct medical evacuation operations. "

At the Asia-Pacific Security Conference in February 2004, the Defence Minister "quietly" praised (http://www.mindef.gov.sg/display.asp?number=2021) his country's international cooperation and stated that "The stabilisation of Iraq and Afghanistan, combined with progressive reforms of their political and economic systems, will have a positive knock-on effect for the rest of the Middle East and Central Asia."

Singapore "quietly" announced (http://www.mindef.gov.sg/display.asp?number=1996) the return of the RSS Endurance on 31 January 2004. Singapore "quietly" announced (http://www.mindef.gov.sg/display.asp?number=2065) the return of the C-130 detachment on 4 April 2004. On 24 May 2004, Singapore "quietly" awarded (http://www.mindef.gov.sg/display.asp?number=2095) Overseas Service Medals to its sailors and airmen. And on 9 June 2004, Singapore "quietly" announced (http://www.mindef.gov.sg/display.asp?number=2124) the deployment of an RSAF KC-135 tanker aircraft and support personnel to conduct air-to-air refuelling missions in support of the coalition.

There was also a Royal Singapore Police task force training Iraqi Police that never made it into the Orbat.

When I updated them on things, I noted that they rely on "various news media" for lots of their information, but rarely bother to go straight to the horse's mouth. This is not just readily apparent with regard to Singapore. For example, the Ukrainian contingent maintains its own website, updated almost daily with news reports and regularly with photos. It is in Ukrainian, but an organization called "Global" Security shouldn't let a little language barrier bother them. I didn't.

They still have Slovakia down as having an "U/I Chemical Warfare Co" which was a unit in Kuwait before the ground war even began. The Slovakian contingent in Iraq is an engineer contingent.

They also leave the impression that Nicaragua withdrew its forces when Spain and the Dominican Republic did. In fact, the first Nicaraguan contingent had already returned home in the winter, and the second contingent never deployed because of a lack of funds.

They have updated a few things. They have Norway down with 10 personnel, though they don't tell you who they are (staff and liaison personnel with the British-led MND). But their "Recent developments" section doesn't mention the return home of the Norwegian Engineer Contingent in July:

http://www.mil.no/multimedia/archive/00044/tk7502_flytrapp_II-3_44153a.jpg

Regards,
Dave the former Dawg

[FallenAngel]

Spain didn't withdraw "due to terrorist activity", but because of an electoral programme approved by the majority in a democratic election.

I'm sure the hundreds of people who died before in a terrorist attack had nothing to do with it....

:cantbeli:

[Royal]

Globalsecurity.org's list is riddled with minor errors, though much better than back in February and March, when I managed to get the Orbat people there, John Pike and Patrick Garrett, to correct several.

etc etc

The UK OrBat is to rat**** as well......

[AROUETLJ]

I'm sure the hundreds of people who died before in a terrorist attack had nothing to do with it....

They didn't. The majority of Spaniards were against Spanish participation in Iraq long before the Madrid bombings.

But what's the use of repeating these obvious facts a zillion times? Some of you will still go on about weasels and surrender monkeys. May I remind you that the "War on Terror(ism)" is wider than Iraq.

Anyway, the real moron is the person who labelled that map. He should have written "Withdrawn" and left it at that.

[cut]

I'm sure the hundreds of people who died before in a terrorist attack had nothing to do with it....

They didn't. The majority of Spaniards were against Spanish participation in Iraq long before the Madrid bombings.

But what's the use of repeating these obvious facts a zillion times? Some of you will still go on about weasels and surrender monkeys. May I remind you that the "War on Terror(ism)" is wider than Iraq.

Anyway, the real moron is the person who labelled that map. He should have written "Withdrawn" and left it at that.

I don't think Iraq is part of the war on terrorism, and if it is now, it's only because we started a war there in the first place.

[Zapp Brannigan]

The majority of Spaniards were against Spanish participation in Iraq long before the Madrid bombings.This oft-repeated "fact" is erroneous. As has been documented by Spanish members of this forum, who actually linked to the relevant polling data (from the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas), an overwhelming majority of Spaniards opposed the war to begin with, but once the war started, clear majorities supported Spanish military participation in Iraq's reconstruction:

"Como Ud. sabe, España ha enviado al conflicto de Irak una fuerza militar en misión humanitaria. ¿Está Ud. muy de acuerdo, bastante de acuerdo, poco de acuerdo o nada de acuerdo con este envío?" - Muy de acuerdo 20.0%, Bastante de acuerdo 40.7%, Poco de acuerdo 14.5%, Nada de acuerdo 20.4%, Le es indiferente 1.6%;

"En su opinión, finalizada la guerra de Irak, ¿debe España participar en las acciones internacionales destinadas a la reconstrucción del país?" - Sí 68.2%, No 22.5%.
No polls subsequent to these early 2003 polls asked about the troop deployment, so support may have waned. But no one ever seems interested in substantiating this; they just stick to the pre-war "90% opposed" number. After M-11, support fell rapidly. And once the troop withdrawal was announced, a clear majority of Spaniards indicated support for Zapatero's action:

"La primera decisión adoptada por José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero como Presidente del Gobierno ha sido la retirada de las tropas españolas en Irak. ¿A Ud. personalmente, esta decisión le parece muy bien, bien, regular, mal o muy mal?" - Muy bien 50.0%, Bien 26.8%, Regular 8.1%, Mal 5.8%, Muy mal 4.5%.

[Deuterium]

Albania: 70 non-combat troops

Sure looks like a combat patrol to me. Albanian Commandos..... Yeah must be a ruse.

http://www.deuteriumox.com/milphotos/alb5.jpg

[Zapp Brannigan]

Albania: 70 non-combat troops

Sure looks like a combat patrol to me. Albanian Commandos..... Yeah must be a ruse.They were probably using GS.org's old list. That at least was one GS.org changed finally. Albania's 3rd contingent of commandos deployed in mid-April 2004: http://www.mod.gov.al/eng/buletini/buletin_lajm.asp?IDNews=797

Looks like they have a new patch. Here are the old Commando Regiment, Commando Battalion and Special Operations Battalion patches:

Regjimenti Komando:
http://www.mod.gov.al/alb/simbolet/Images/Stemat/stemat26.jpg

Batalioni Komando:
http://www.mod.gov.al/alb/simbolet/Images/Stemat/stemat27.jpg

Batalioni i Operacioneve Speciale:
http://www.mod.gov.al/alb/simbolet/Images/Stemat/stemat28.jpg

[Deuterium]

Or maybe like this...

http://www.deuteriumox.com/milphotos/alb3.jpg

[bloddyaxe]

'tis feck*ng wrong list or at least it doesn't mention our two guys in Iraq...
horrible!!!!!!!
http://www.lhg.is/upload/images/large/1262.jpg

It is an insult to the utterly most glorious Republic of Iceland!
please extradite the listmaker for execution...

[foxtrot023]

The majority of Spaniards were against Spanish participation in Iraq long before the Madrid bombings.This oft-repeated "fact" is erroneous. As has been documented by Spanish members of this forum, who actually linked to the relevant polling data (from the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas), an overwhelming majority of Spaniards opposed the war to begin with, but once the war started, clear majorities supported Spanish military participation in Iraq's reconstruction:

"Como Ud. sabe, España ha enviado al conflicto de Irak una fuerza militar en misión humanitaria. ¿Está Ud. muy de acuerdo, bastante de acuerdo, poco de acuerdo o nada de acuerdo con este envío?" - Muy de acuerdo 20.0%, Bastante de acuerdo 40.7%, Poco de acuerdo 14.5%, Nada de acuerdo 20.4%, Le es indiferente 1.6%;

"En su opinión, finalizada la guerra de Irak, ¿debe España participar en las acciones internacionales destinadas a la reconstrucción del país?" - Sí 68.2%, No 22.5%.
No polls subsequent to these early 2003 polls asked about the troop deployment, so support may have waned. But no one ever seems interested in substantiating this; they just stick to the pre-war "90% opposed" number. After M-11, support fell rapidly. And once the troop withdrawal was announced, a clear majority of Spaniards indicated support for Zapatero's action:

"La primera decisión adoptada por José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero como Presidente del Gobierno ha sido la retirada de las tropas españolas en Irak. ¿A Ud. personalmente, esta decisión le parece muy bien, bien, regular, mal o muy mal?" - Muy bien 50.0%, Bien 26.8%, Regular 8.1%, Mal 5.8%, Muy mal 4.5%.

Well, the majority of people were against the war in Iraq, before, during and after the war. Zapatero acted on a well advertised policy (months before the 3/11 attacks). Zapatero did not win the elections, the PP blew it. Specially when they insisted that ETA had done the attacks (even sending through the Foreign Minister an official note, pinning the blame on ETA). That ¨lie¨, or ¨mistake¨, really, really pissed people off, to the point were these elections had a significant percentage more of participation that the previous ones. It has been written as a theory that these ¨new voters¨ (including people who became 18 yrs old in the last 4 years) caused the swing vote. If you look at the amount of voters the PP had between the elections, they have pretty much the same number (10 mil vs 9.6 mil), however the PSOE increased significantly their number of votes.

To summarize my viewpoint:
Iraq War was not popular in Spain (not to be confused with Astan, which war/NATO mission is massively supported by Spaniards, and the gov. recently announced they will send an additional 1000 troops (a light inf. battalion). The PP gov. has been viewed as ¨lying¨ about the attackers of 3/11, and about their (PP) support of an unpopular war, and have been ¨punished¨ by the voters. BTW other governments that support the US in Iraq but whose people do not support it are: Italy and the UK.

Personally I think that the Iraq War was a BS made up war, that has diverted attention on the war on Terror (Bin Laden IS still at large). However, I supported our troops being in Iraq (heck I think we should have sent more troops, including mech troops), and I think we should be side by side with the US, as that is what allies do. On the other hand, I think that all of you folk out there who said we ¨retreated¨ and ¨caved in¨ to terrorism, should remember that we had the second highest casualties rate in Iraq (% of troop), and that during our troops stay in Iraq, not a single one of the iraqi police working with Spaniards retreated of went AWOL, and that we always faced the enemy (even helping an ambushed US patrol), were one of the most appreciated foreign presence, and never shirked from responsibilities.

Regards All

[Angelino]

If you count PMC personnel in the list, then the list of countries involved become much larger. For instance, there are supposed to be at least 1500 ex-military personnel from India serving in Iraq under contractors.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FD30Df05.html
http://www.arcent.army.mil/news/archive/2004_news/january/foreign_legion.asp

[Sergei]

****, Ukraine 1600 troops, our boys have to be pulled out very soon. :(
ehhh, Sergei.......I have a dream-Ukraine in NATO and UE ;) ...but for you it could be night mare :lol:

Regards
Well since Ukraine wants to be a democratic country and the majority of population is willing to get the troops out of Iraq (64% by the latest poll) it looks like the only people who want to keep troops in Iraq are our hated political leaders, Kuchma and his ilk.
It is a nightmare for me all right, I don't want to see our boys spill blood for some fat yankee worldwide interests, we lost quite a few in Afganistan back in the 80's and I remember those ceremonies of bringing the boys home in "cargo 200", as they were called.

[jmatucd]

1) the funny place with bananas for shoes
2) the place that has wooden shoes and high incidences of termites
2) and some place completely different.