Ever wonder why you never hear about them anymore? I did some research just now, and this is what I turned up (primarily on the www.globalsecurity.org website). Not much of a surprise, but speaks volumes to the Republicans' lack of accountability once again...
Original levels of the "Coalition of the willing" in 2003 were ~50,000 troops. Current levels are as follows: 1 United Kingdom 7,200 2 South Korea ~3,000 (~2,000 by end of 2006) 3 Italy 1,785 (0 by Dec. 2006) 4 Australia 1,400 5 Poland 900 (0 by end of 2006) 6 Romania 865 7 Denmark 515 8 El Salvador 380 9 Georgia 300 10 Azerbaijan 150 11 Bulgaria ~150 12 Latvia 136 13 Mongolia 131 14 Albania 120 15 Slovakia 104 16 Czech Republic 100 17 Lithuania ~50 18 Armenia 46 19 Estonia 38 20 Bosnia & Herzegovina 37 21 Macedonia 33 22 Kazakhstan 29 23 Moldova* 12 TOTAL = ~17,500 TOTAL by end of 2006 = 13,815 Countries that have already left: Hungary withdrew troops: Mar. 2005 Nicaragua withdrew troops: Feb. 2004 Spain withdrew troops: Late-Apr. 2004 Dominican Republic withdrew troops: Early-May. 2004 Honduras withdrew troops: Late-May. 2004 Philippines withdrew troops: mid-Jul. 2004 Thailand withdrew troops: Late-Aug. 2004 New Zealand withdrew troops: Late-Sep. 2004 Tonga withdrew troops: mid-Dec. 2004 Portugal withdrew troops: mid-Feb. 2005 Singapore withdrew troops: Mar. 2005 Norway withdrew troops: Oct. 2005 Ukraine withdrew troops: Dec. 2005 The Netherlands withdrew troops: Mar. 2005 Japan withdrew troops: Jul. 2006 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
