Balkans: March 3, 2005

Archives

Tiny Macedonia has been a steadfast member of the US-led Iraq coalition. On February 21 the Macedonian government confirmed that it would send another 12 army officers to Iraq. At the present time Macedonia has 32 troops in Iraq. There's more to Macedonia's deployment than doing the US a political favor. Macedonia sees the Iraqi deployment as an opportunity for its troops to work with professional Western military forces and "learn the ropes" in a combat environment.

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contribute. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   contribute   Close