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From: ~consul
Date: 12/17/2003 12:54 PM Central Standard Time
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john wrote:
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:36:32 +1000, Craig Welch
The fact of the matter is that the US and Great Britain supplied 99%
of the troops in Iraq.

The US and GB always supply the highest # of troops in any UN event.
That's
why
the other nations don't bother to.
--

I don't know the actual numbers, but I'd venture to say the Korean War is
an
exception to that.

I doubt it. The US commitment to the UN forces in Korea was undoubtedly the
single largest outside (perhaps) that of the ROK itself, and I'd be very
surprised if the other participating nations exceeded the number of troops
sent by the UK, which provided two infantry brigades, an armored regiment,
and three CS regiments (arty or engineers). The site I found indicates that
the UK was indeed the top contributor outside the US and ROK:
http://www.rt66.com/%7Ekorteng/SmallArms/un.htm

Brooks


Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired