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United Kingdom - attended the Azores summit with the US and Spain, will provide military support
including about 45,000 troops.
Poland - military support including about 200 troops.
Portugal - granted U.S. permission to use Lajes Field air base in the Azores Islands, a traditional
eastern Atlantic refueling stop.
Japan - prepared only to provide post-conflict financial support for the reconstruction of Iraq.
Netherlands - degree of support unknown.
Latvia - extent of support is unclear, but may be seeking US financial or military support through
Nato.
Slovakia - degree of support unknown.
Afghanistan - promise of support due to involvement in the war on terrorism.
Uzbekistan - promise of support due to involvement in the war on terrorism.
Nicaragua - prepared to be identified with the coalition due to US funding of the anti-drugs
war.
Ethiopia - extent of support is unclear, but may be seeking US support in a boundary dispute
with rival neighbor Eritrea.
Kuwait - Around 300,000 U.S. and British troops were in the Kuwaiti desert in preparation for
an invasion, and it is a members of the GCC. Kuwait "gave up" over 30% of it's land to aid security for the allied forces,
making it "off limits" even to it's own citizens.
United Arab Emirates - has made facilities available to the US military, and is a member of the
GCC.
Belgium - Allowed movement of troops and material from U.S. bases in Germany to port of Antwerp
en route to the Persian Gulf; will allow overflights.
Germany - Ruled out any participation, but pledges unhindered use of airspace and access to U.S.
and British bases in Germany.
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Spain - attended the Azores summit with the US and the UK and is not sending troops into the
conflict, but will deploy military personnel and equipment in a support capacity and offer warplanes to defend Turkey from
an attack from neighboring Iraq.
Czech Republic - sending a chemical-biological warfare support unit.
Italy - not sending troops to the Gulf, but supporting the operation in principle.
South Korea - degree of support unknown.
Hungary - degree of support unknown.
Lithuania - extent of support is unclear, but may be seeking US financial or military support
through Nato.
Macedonia - degree of support unknown.
Georgia - promise of support due to involvement in the war on terrorism.
Colombia - prepared to be identified with the coalition due to US funding of the anti-drugs war.
Eritrea - extent of support is unclear, but may be seeking US support in a boundary dispute with
rival neighbor Ethiopia.
Singapore - degree of support unknown.
Oman - has made facilities available to the US military, and is a members of the GCC.
Qatar - U.S. Central Command mobile headquarters at Camp As Sayliyah. Al-Udeid air base opened
for in-flight refueling squadron, F-15 fighter wing and maintenance hangars, and is a member of the GCC.
Croatia - Allowing refueling stops by U.S. transport aircraft.
Greece - U.S. naval base in Crete serves U.S. 6th Fleet and supports Navy and Air Force intelligence-gathering
planes. Allowing use of airspace under NATO and bilateral defense agreements, but will not send troops.
France - sending bio/chemical specialist team to Qatar.
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Australia - military support including about 2,000 troops.
Albania - military support of about 70 troops for non-combat roles.
Romania - providing basing rights and has contributed 278 experts in landmine removal and chemical
and biological decontamination.
Turkey - is still negotiating the extent of its involvement in any war.
Denmark - degree of support unknown.
Estonia - extent of support is unclear, but may be seeking US financial or military support through
Nato.
Bulgaria - extent of support is unclear, but they may be seeking US financial or military support
through Nato.
Azerbaijan - degree of support unknown.
Philippines - promise of support due to involvement in the war on terrorism.
El Salvador - prepared to be identified with the coalition due to US funding of the anti-drugs
war.
Iceland - degree of support unknown.
Bahrain - has made facilities available to the US military, and is a member of the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) which agreed to help provide for the defence of Kuwait in the event of a new war with Iraq.
Saudi Arabia - has made facilities available to the US military, and is a members of the GCC.
Jordan - U.S. troops are stationed in Jordan near the Iraqi border manning anti-missile batteries
in case Iraq fires missiles at Israel.
Egypt - Keeping Suez Canal open to U.S. and allied warships en route to gulf.
Cyprus - degree of support unknown.
Israel - the main US ally in the Middle East.
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