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I think the US itself was part of the 12. I think the other two were Bulgaria and Romania. The "support" is not so substantial. I am resident in Lithuania where it is hard to find anyone who supports the war save one or two politicians- but this has no factual backing. Their troops are tied up in Afghanistan so they have offered to send military doctors from what I gather. Romania and Bulgaria are still nervous without US ratification of their NATO membership. It is rumoured that Kwasnieski (Polish PM) wants to be the next secretary general of NATO. While being possibly misrepresented, few are overly upset at having "international importance" for a change and having an image other than that of merely ex-Soviet or Eastern European Communist leaning states. (Again this comes largely from talking to people and politicians here, not from opinion polls). I am a little disappointed. Please correct me if wrong on the full list. Thanks and best, Andy Hagan. On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 john.hemming@jhc.co.uk wrote: > There are lots of rumours floating around about timing. Some indicate some= > "warning" action this week. Others talk about Mid Feb (14th Feb is most q= > uoted). Others talk about the Military not being ready until Mid March. St= > ill further rumours float around about a "rolling start" in Mid Feb with th= > e US providing further support during Feb/March. > > I don't think a final decision has been made about timing. It looks like t= > he US has declared support from the UK, Australia, Spain, Italy, Solvenia, = > Slovakia, Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech republic regardless of whether= > or not there is a new UN resolution. There are supposed to be 12 nations.= > If anyone can post the whole list I would appreciate it. > > Hungary may be saying it supports the Franco/German line, but is hosting Am= > erican troops at the moment. > > It is, of course, still possible that the US will move away from a mass inv= > asion. > > I believe there is a debate on Wednesday in the UK House of Commons about h= > umanitarian issues relating to Iraq. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk