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Ukraine
Troop Contribution: 1,650
Complete withdrawal set for October 2005
Ukraine strongly opposed the U.S.-led war but later agreed to send a large contingent to serve in Iraq under Polish command. The troop deployment was widely seen as an effort by former President Leonid Kuchma to repair relations with Washington, frayed by allegations that he had approved the sale of military equipment to Saddam Hussein's regime.
The deployment in Iraq was deeply unpopular among Ukrainians, and one of Kuchma's last orders as president was to bring the troops home. Following his loss to Viktor Yushchenko in the country's scandalous presidential election, Yushchenko's National Security and Defense Council quickly approved their complete withdrawal by October 2005.
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