Iraq: August 5, 2003

Archives

 East European peacekeepers are beginning to arrive. There has been no problem getting volunteers for Iraq service in these countries, as the pay is 8-10 times what the troops normally get (the US makes up the difference, although the foreign troops are still making less than American soldiers.)

A Polish led "division" will have contingents from many countries (3,200 Dutch, 2,500 Poles, 1,644, Ukrainians, 1,321 Spanish, 1,130 Italians and 886 Thais, Bulgaria, 480, Hungary, 441, El Salvador, 360, Honduras, 360, Dominican Republic, 300, Romania, 205, Mongolia, 174, Latvia, 103, Slovenia, 82, Lithuania,  45, Kazakhstan, 27, the Philippines, 177, and Nicaragua, 120. 

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close