Anyone have a list of the pitiful "coalition of the willing" nations...

[Ruffhowse]

...and the numbers of troops they are providing?

[JSJ]

1. lithuania, lichtenstein, guam, texas, alabama, goobersville, gomertown...

...and Dallas. Oh yeah, also freeperville, O'Reilly, and my dog's anus. Total troop contribution- about 113. Plus tax.

[kerryin2004]

2. list here. TRy google next time

I had no problem finding these.


Iraq Troop numbers March 2004



1 USA 130,000
(contractors account for an estimated 15,000-20,000)
2 United Kingdom 9,000
3 Italy 3,000
4 Poland 2,460
5 Ukraine 1,600
7 Netherlands 1,100
8 Australia 800
9 Romania 700
10 Bulgaria 480
11 Thailand 440
12 Denmark 420
13 Honduras * 368
14 El Salvador 361
15 Dominican Republic 302
16 Hungary 300
17 Japan 240
18 Norway 179
19 Mongolia 160
20 Azerbaijan 150
21 Portugal 128
22 Latvia 120
23 Lithuania 118
24 Slovakia 102
25 Czech Republic 80
26 Philippines 80
27 Albania 70
28 Georgia 70
29 New Zealand 61
30 Moldova 50
31 Macedonia 37
32 Estonia 31
33 Canada ^ 31^
34 Kazakhstan 25

[Hekate]

3. Palau, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia...

I googled for Coalition of the Willing List and got a lot right off the bat. Most of it's from March 2003, but Centcom has something from this week. http://www.centcom.mil/Operations/Coalition/joint.htm

March 2003: Heritage Foundation lists 54, and tells what they contribute
http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/wm225.cfm

Maps, members, troop numbers are at http://www.geocities.com/pwhce/willing.html

I guess the ones that have always shocked me into sadness are the Pacific Island nations. What the heck does this conflict have to do with them? What threats or promises were meted out to dragoon them into sending their people? :cry:

Hekate

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Support the US or be selected for new nuclear tests?

OK, that's probably a little exaggerated, but small Pacific islands could have their lives made really difficult by American bureaucracy if it chose to. Holding up imports and exports, withholding aid and/or loans, causing problems with flights and ships to them, etc.

[rman]

5. various sources

complete official list
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030320-11.html

contributions and favors
http://www.usatoday.com/news/2003-02-25-unwilling.htm