Personnel in Iraq As of (date)
- United Kingdom - 7,100 - January 12, 2007
- South Korea - 2,300 - February 22, 2007
- Italy - 0 - December 2, 2006 (But they did have troops there previously!)
- Poland - 900 - February 22, 2007
- Australia - 550 - February 22, 2007
- Georgia - 900 - February 22, 2007
- Romania - 600 - February 22, 2007
- Denmark - 460 - January 2, 2007
- Total Coalition Troops ~13,205 March 7, 2007
(This is approximately 800 fewer than February)
In addition to the United States, 25 countries are contributors to Iraqi Stability Operations as of 14 March 2007:
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
Fiji is participating as part of the UN mission in Iraq and Hungary, Iceland, Slovenia and Turkey are NATO countries supporting Iraqi stability operations but are not part of MNF-I. (MNF stands for Multi-National Forces)
“Iraq Weekly Status Report,” Department of State, 24 January 2007.
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If you don't recognize the names of some of those countries, many were countries where people know what it is like to not be free. Many more want to retain what freedom they have, or gain freedom in the future. I thought you should know.