March 18 2003 at 10:52PM
 
London - More than 20 countries have offered logistical help ranging from airspace to troops for a possible United States-led war against Iraq.

The pledges come despite failure by the United States, Britain and Spain to win United Nations backing for a war that faces strong opposition in the streets of many countries.

Australia committed troops on Tuesday to fight against Iraq if the United States launched military action to disarm Baghdad of any weapons of mass destruction.

Denmark's government offered on Tuesday to send military and medical personnel to help an expected US-led war against Iraq and set aside funds for post-war reconstruction.

Following is a snapshot of the likely roles different nations could play in a war on Iraq:
 

ALBANIA 
Offered to send troops in a largely symbolic gesture.
 

AUSTRALIA 
Sent 2 000-strong force of elite SAS troops, fighter jets and warships to the Gulf.
 

BAHRAIN 
Headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet.
 

BRITAIN 
Washington's chief ally on Iraq has sent or committed 45 000 military personnel, planes and warships.
 

BULGARIA 
Offered use of airspace, base and refuelling for US warplanes; sent non-combat troops specialising in chemical and biological warfare decontamination.
 

CROATIA 
Airspace and airports open to civilian transport planes from the coalition.
 

CZECH REPUBLIC 
Sent non-combat troops specialising in chemical warfare decontamination in response to US request.
 

DENMARK 
The government decided to take part in the military action with a submarine and a corvette and a medical team.
 

GERMANY 
Despite opposition to a war on Iraq, has chemical warfare decontamination specialists in Kuwait.
 

HUNGARY 
Hosts a US base where Iraqi exiles are trained for possible post-war administrative roles.
 

ITALY 
Offered logistical help and use of military bases and ports under longstanding NATO commitments.
 

JORDAN 
Opened its airspace to coalition planes; hosts US troops carrying out search and rescue operations in western Iraq and manning a Patriot anti-missile defence system.
 

KUWAIT 
Hosts coalition forces massed for an invasion.
 

LATVIA 
Government has decided to ask parliament to authorise the deployment of a small number of troops.
 

OMAN 
Base for US planes used in Afghanistan, but says will play no role in a war against Iraq.
 

POLAND 
To deploy up to 200 troops in the Gulf region, which will perform a non-combat role supporting any US-led offensive.
 

PORTUGAL 
Made available Nato air bases and an air base in the mid-Atlantic Azores islands.
 

QATAR 
Hosts a mobile HQ for US Central Command; allowed Washington to expand an airfield to handle more combat jets.
 

ROMANIA 
Airspace and a base open to US warplanes; sent non-combat specialists in chemical decontamination, medics, engineers and military police in response to a US request.
 

SAUDI ARABIA 
US and British planes use its Prince Sultan Air Base to enforce a "no-fly zone" over southern Iraq.
 

SLOVAKIA 
Sent non-combat troops specialising in chemical warfare decontamination in response to a US request.
 

SPAIN 
Strongest ally of the United States and Britain. Promised use of its Nato bases for a strike on Iraq. Spain will send a medical support vessel equipped with nuclear, biological and chemical treatment facilities. A back-up frigate and 900 troops will accompany the support vessel in the event of a conflict.
 

TURKEY 
Hosts US planes enforcing "no-fly" zone in northern Iraq. Parliament has rejected a resolution to allow use of airspace and deployment of American troops for an attack on Iraq but the cabinet was to debate the resolution again on Tuesday with a possible parliamentary vote on Wednesday.
 

UAE 
Base for US surveillance aircraft and refuelling; host to an estimated 3 000 Western troops.
 

UKRAINE 
Agreed to US request that it send chemical warfare and nuclear decontamination experts.