Coalition of the willing

US State Department, Washington DC, 18.03.2003

The US has named 30 countries which are prepared to be publicly associated with the US action against Iraq :

  •         Afghanistan
  •         Albania
  •         Australia
  •         Azerbaijan
  •         Bulgaria
  •         Colombia
  •         The Czech Republic
  •         Denmark
  •         El Salvador
  •         Eritrea
  •         Estonia
  •         Ethiopia
  •         Georgia
  •         Hungary
  •         Italy
  •         Japan
  •         South Korea
  •         Latvia
  •         Lithuania
  •         Macedonia
  •         The Netherlands
  •         Nicaragua
  •         The Philippines
  •         Poland
  •         Romania
  •         Slovakia
  •         Spain
  •         Turkey
  •         United Kingdom
  •         Uzbekistan

There are an additional 15 countries which are providing assistance, such as over-flight rights, but which do not want to be publicly identified with the US action.