Reuters October 23, 2003
Coalition troops operating in Iraq
LONDON, Oct. 23 - The $36 billion estimated cost of rebuilding Iraq which Washington hopes to raise at a conference in Madrid on Thursday comes on top of a $20 billion estimate for security, rebuilding the oil industry and other spending.
The first day of the conference will be devoted mainly to setting out Iraq's reconstruction needs, and donor countries will make pledges on Friday.
Here is a short table by country of forces currently operating in Iraq or who may be deployed there:
In Iraq+ En Route or Alerted+ United States 155,000 15,000+ Britain 12,000 TOTALS: 167,000 15,000 OTHER COUNTRIES: Albania 100 Australia 1,000 Bulgaria 470 Czech Rep. 706 Denmark 410 90 Dominican Rep. 300 El Salvador 360 Estonia 50 Honduras 370 Hungary # Italy (inc. Romanian & Portuguese elements) 3,400 Japan 41 Kazakhstan 25 Latvia 36 Lithuania 193 Macedonia 28 Mongolia 180 Netherlands 1,100 New Zealand # Nicaragua 230 Norway 104 Philippines 175 Poland 2,400 Romania 400 Slovakia 69 120 Spain 1,300 South Korea 700 Thailand 21 422 Ukraine 2,000 TOTALS 15,918 882 NOTE: Many figures are rounded or estimated. + As of Sept 25, 2003 # Precise figure not known Sources: Reuters news reports/GlobalSecurity.org
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