British pullout in Iraq could signal final breakup of 'coalition of the willing'

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By Tom Raum
ASSOCIATED PRESS

12:53 p.m. February 21, 2007

WASHINGTON – ...

Denmark recently said it would withdraw all its 460 troops by August. South Korea, which now has 2,300 in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, plans to bring 1,100 home by April, and its parliament insists on a complete withdrawal by the end of 2007 ...

The next-largest contingents are Georgia and Poland, each with 900 combat forces; Romania, with about 600 troops, and Australia, with 550. Lithuania is seriously considering withdrawing its 53 from Iraq, Defense Ministry spokeswoman Ruta Apeitkyte, said Wednesday.

There are even smaller contributions: Estonia has 35 troops in Iraq; Kazakhstan, 27 military engineers; Netherlands, 15 soldiers as part of a NATO training mission, and Slovenia, four military instructors ...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20070221-1253-coalitionofone.html

Much of the article is Bushbot spin on how all them folks leavin is a real good sign

[muntrv]

1. Shrub says the UK pullout is a sign of success. So can we pull out and

say mission accomplished?

[Monkeyman]

2. Total Number of other troops now will be 4,395

Poland,Romania,Australia,El Salvador,Georgia,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Latvia,Albania,Czech Republic, Mongolia,Lithuania,Armenia,Bosnia and Kazakhstan. Average troop commitment per country 220. Number of Countries who have left 16. And most will be leaving summer of 2007