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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Spain's contingent with the US-led forces occuyping Iraq is the sixth largest, making up the bulk of a battalion of Spanish-speaking troops based in a Shiite-dominated region south of Baghdad. If prime minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero carries out his threat to bring them home it will leave a sizeable hole in the coalition's strength. Less than three weeks ago outgoing foreign minister Ana Palacio said Spain was pondering whether to take over command from Poland of the multinational force stationed in southern central Iraq after July 1, reinforcing its personnel by about 1,000. The Spanish forces have suffered 11 deaths, including seven intelligence agents ambushed in November. Following are the foreign contingents occupying Iraq, with their current strengths: 1. United States: 130,000 2. Britain: 9,000 3. Italy: 3,000 4. Poland: 2,460 5. Ukraine: 1,600 6. Spain: 1,300 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 (rising to 550 by the end of March) 18. Norway: 179 19. Mongolia: 160 20. Azerbaijan: 150 21. Portugal: 128 22. Latvia: 120 23. Lithuania: 118 24. Nicaragua: 113 25. Slovakia: 102 26. Czech Republic: 80 27. Philippines: 80 28. Albania: 70 29. Georgia: 70 30. New Zealand: 61 31. Moldova: 50 32. Estonia: 31 33. Macedonia: 37 34. Kazakhstan: 25 END |
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