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Coalition of the willing

Index Coalition of the willing

The term coalition of the willing generally refers to the US-led Multi-National Force – Iraq. [1]

86 relations: Abrahamic religions, Adilbek Zhaksybekov, Al Hawza, Alexander Cockburn, Alliance, Andres Nuiamäe, AWB oil-for-wheat scandal, Axis of evil, Better Know a District, Canada and the Iraq War, Capital Mechanized Infantry Division, Carolyn Parrish, Coalition, Coalition (disambiguation), Cobra II, Combat Mission: Shock Force, Constitution of Iraq, Cow (disambiguation), Criticism of the War on Terror, Das EFX, Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004, Economy of Romania, Exit strategy, Foreign interventions by the United States, Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration, Foreign relations of New Zealand, Frozen conflict, Governmental positions on the Iraq War prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Guantanamo Bay files leak, History of Iceland, History of the United States Republican Party, Human shield, Human shield action to Iraq, Icelandic parliamentary election, 2007, International Force East Timor, Interventionism (politics), Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, Iraq leak, Iraq War, Jacques Chirac, January 25, José Manuel Barroso, Kenneth Bigley, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Latin America–United States relations, Legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Liberals (Sweden), List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq, Michael Rose (British Army officer), Military history of Iraq, ..., Military history of Oceania, Military history of the United States, Military–industrial–media complex, Multi-National Force – Iraq, Multinational force, Niger uranium forgeries, Nuclear terrorism, Operation Asbury Park, Paul Bremer, Proliferation Security Initiative, Protests against the Iraq War, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Robert Mueller, Sieges of Baghdad, Slovakia Summit 2005, Tactics of terrorism, Task Force Viking, The Coalition of the Willing, Tonga, Tonga–United States relations, Uhuru Kenyatta, United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483, United States and the United Nations, United States presidential election, 2004, Universal Zulu Nation, Wadah Khanfar, War Feels Like War, Weapon of mass destruction, 2002 Prague summit, 2003 in Iraq, 2003 in the United States, 2003 invasion of Iraq, 2008 Bucharest summit, 2015 Japanese military legislation, 503rd Infantry Regiment (United States). Expand index (36 more) »

Abrahamic religions

The Abrahamic religions, also referred to collectively as Abrahamism, are a group of Semitic-originated religious communities of faith that claim descent from the practices of the ancient Israelites and the worship of the God of Abraham.

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Adilbek Zhaksybekov

Adilbek Ryskeldiuly Zhaqsybekov (Әділбек Рыскелдіұлы Жақсыбеков, Ädilbek Rıskeldiulı Jaqsıbekov) (born on 26 July 1954) is current Head of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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Al Hawza

Al Hawza or al Hauza was an Arabic language weekly newspaper in Iraq.

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Alexander Cockburn

Alexander Claud Cockburn (6 June 1941 – 21 July 2012) was an Irish-American political journalist and writer.

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Alliance

An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them.

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Andres Nuiamäe

Andres Nuiamäe (born on June 2, 1982, in Lehtse, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia – died on February 28, 2004, in Iraq) was a Junior Sergeant of the Estonian Ground Forces, assigned to the ESTPLA-8 unit in Baghdad, Iraq.

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AWB oil-for-wheat scandal

The AWB oil-for-wheat scandal (also known just as the AWB scandal) refers to the payment of kickbacks to the regime of Saddam Hussein in contravention of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Humanitarian Program.

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Axis of evil

The phrase axis of evil was first used by U.S. President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address on January 29, 2002, and often repeated throughout his presidency, to describe foreign governments that, during his administration, sponsored terrorism and sought weapons of mass destruction.

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Better Know a District

Better Know a District (also known as BKAD) was a recurring segment on The Colbert Report.

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Canada and the Iraq War

The Iraq War began with the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Capital Mechanized Infantry Division

The Capital Mechanized Infantry Division (hangul: 수도기계화보병사단; hanja:首都機械化步兵師團), also known as Tiger Division (hangul:맹호사단; hanja:猛虎師團), is currently one of the six mechanized infantry divisions in the Republic of Korea Army.

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Carolyn Parrish

Carolyn Parrish (born Karolina Janoszewska; October 3, 1946) is a politician in Ontario, Canada.

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Coalition

The term "coalition" is the denotation for a group formed when two or more persons, faction, states, political parties, militaries etc.

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Coalition (disambiguation)

A coalition is a pact or treaty among individuals or groups, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest, joining forces together for a common cause.

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Cobra II

Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq is a 2006 book written by Michael R. Gordon, chief military correspondent for The New York Times, and Bernard E. Trainor, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general, which details the behind-the-scenes decision-making leading to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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Combat Mission: Shock Force

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a video game in the Combat Mission series of games that covers a fictional United States invasion of Syria, focusing on U.S. Stryker brigades.

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Constitution of Iraq

The Constitution of Iraq is the fundamental law of Iraq.

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Cow (disambiguation)

Cow is the nickname for cattle, and the name of adult female cattle.

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Criticism of the War on Terror

Criticism of the War on Terror addresses the morals, ethics, efficiency, economics, as well as other issues surrounding the War on Terror.

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Das EFX

Das EFX is an American hip hop duo.

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Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004

The 2004 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

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Economy of Romania

Romania, as part of the European Union single market, is a fast developing, upper-middle income mixed economy with a very high Human Development Index and a skilled labour force, the 16th largest in the European Union by total nominal GDP and the 13th largest based on purchasing power parity.

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Exit strategy

An exit strategy is a means of leaving one's current situation, either after a predetermined objective has been achieved, justifying premises or decision markers for any given operational planning changed substantially, or as a strategy to mitigate inminent or possible failure.

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Foreign interventions by the United States

The United States has been involved in a number of foreign interventions throughout its history.

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Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration

During his campaign for election as President of the United States, George W. Bush's foreign policy platform included support for a stronger economic and political relationship with Latin America, especially Mexico, and a reduction of involvement in "nation building" and other small-scale military engagements.

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Foreign relations of New Zealand

The foreign relations of New Zealand are oriented chiefly toward developed democratic nations and emerging Pacific economies.

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Frozen conflict

In international relations, a frozen conflict is a situation in which active armed conflict has been brought to an end, but no peace treaty or other political framework resolves the conflict to the satisfaction of the combatants.

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Governmental positions on the Iraq War prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq

This article describes the positions of world governments before the actual initiation of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and not their current positions as they may have changed since then.

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Guantanamo Bay files leak

The Guantánamo Bay files leak (also known as The Guantánamo Files, or colloquially, Gitmo Files) began on 25 April 2011, when WikiLeaks, along with several independent news organizations, began publishing 779 formerly secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantánamo Bay detention camp established in 2002 after its invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

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History of Iceland

The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and their slaves from the east, particularly Norway and the British Isles, in the late ninth century.

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History of the United States Republican Party

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the world's oldest extant political parties.

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Human shield

Human shield is a military and political term describing the deliberate placement of non-combatants in or around combat targets to deter the enemy from attacking these combat targets.

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Human shield action to Iraq

Human shield action to Iraq was a group of people who travelled to Iraq to act as human shields with the aim of preventing the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Icelandic parliamentary election, 2007

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 12 May 2007.

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International Force East Timor

The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) was a multinational non-United Nations peacemaking taskforce, organised and led by Australia in accordance with United Nations resolutions to address the humanitarian and security crisis that took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of UN peacekeepers.

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Interventionism (politics)

Interventionism is a policy of non-defensive (proactive) activity undertaken by a nation-state, or other geo-political jurisdiction of a lesser or greater nature, to manipulate an economy and/or society.

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Iraq and weapons of mass destruction

Iraq actively researched and later employed weapons of mass destruction from 1962 to 1991, when it destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile and halted its biological and nuclear weapon programs.

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Iraq leak

The Iraq leak (also Iraq-gate, or the Iraq scandal) is a series of events that began on 6 March 2003 from a statement given by Anneli Jäätteenmäki, leader of the Finnish Centre Party, in a televised election debate prior to the 2003 parliamentary election.

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Iraq War

The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and Gulf War II.

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Jacques Chirac

Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician who served as President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra from 1995 to 2007.

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January 25

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José Manuel Barroso

José Manuel Durão Barroso (born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician who is the current non-executive chairman at Goldman Sachs International.

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Kenneth Bigley

Kenneth John "Ken" Bigley (22 April 1942 – 7 October 2004) was a British civil engineer who was kidnapped in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq, on 16 September 2004, along with his colleagues Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong, both United States citizens.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (sometimes also spelled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed; among at least fifty pseudonyms; born April 14, 1965) is a Pakistani Islamist militant held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-related charges.

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Latin America–United States relations

Historically speaking, bilateral relations between the United States and the various countries of Latin America have been multifaceted and complex, at times defined by strong regional cooperation and at others filled with economic and political tension and rivalry.

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Legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

A dispute exists over the legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Liberals (Sweden)

The Liberals (Liberalerna, L) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Sweden.

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List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the organ of the United Nations charged with maintaining peace and security among nations.

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Michael Rose (British Army officer)

General Sir Hugh Michael Rose, (born 5 January 1940), often known as Mike Rose, is a retired British Army general.

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Military history of Iraq

The military history of Iraq, due to a rich archaeological record, is one of the longest in written human history.

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Military history of Oceania

Although the military history of Oceania probably goes back thousands of years to the first human settlement in the region, little is known about war in Oceania until the arrival of Europeans.

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Military history of the United States

The military history of the United States spans a period of over two centuries.

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Military–industrial–media complex

The military–industrial–media complex is an offshoot of the military–industrial complex.

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Multi-National Force – Iraq

The Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF–I), often referred to as the coalition forces, was a military command during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and much of the ensuing Iraq War, led by the United States of America (Operation Iraqi Freedom), United Kingdom (Operation TELIC), Australia, Spain and Poland, responsible for conducting and handling military operations.

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Multinational force

A Multinational force is a multinational operation which may be defensive, aggressive, or peacekeeping.

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Niger uranium forgeries

The Niger uranium forgeries were forged documents initially released by SISMI (Italian military intelligence), which seem to depict an attempt made by Saddam Hussein in Iraq to purchase yellowcake uranium powder from Niger during the Iraq disarmament crisis.

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Nuclear terrorism

Nuclear terrorism refers to an act of terrorism in which a person or people belonging to a terrorist organization detonates a nuclear device.

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Operation Asbury Park

Operation Asbury Park was a deployment, on June 2, 2004, and June 17, 2004, of taskforce 1/6 BLT of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (or MEU) engaged Taliban and other anti-coalition forces in both Oruzgan Province and Zabul Province culminating in the Dai Chopan region of Afghanistan.

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Paul Bremer

Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is an American diplomat.

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Proliferation Security Initiative

The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is a global effort that aims to stop trafficking of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials to and from states and non-state actors of proliferation concern.

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Protests against the Iraq War

Beginning in 2002, and continuing after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, large-scale protests against the Iraq War were held in many cities worldwide, often coordinated to occur simultaneously around the world.

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as President of Turkey since 2014.

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Robert Mueller

Robert Swan Mueller III (born August 7, 1944) is an American attorney who served as the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 to 2013.

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Sieges of Baghdad

There have been at least 8 major sieges of Baghdad.

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Slovakia Summit 2005

The Slovakia Summit 2005 was a summit between United States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Tactics of terrorism

The tactics of terrorism are diverse.

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Task Force Viking

Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – North (CJSOTF–N), also known as Task Force Viking, was the U.S. joint task force responsible for the northern front during the initial period of the 2003 invasion of Iraq (OIF Rotation I).

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The Coalition of the Willing

The Coalition of the Willing may refer to.

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Tonga

Tonga (Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited.

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Tonga–United States relations

Tonga – United States relations are bilateral relations between Tonga and the United States.

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Uhuru Kenyatta

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician and the fourth president of the Republic of Kenya.

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United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War

In March 2003 the United States government announced that "diplomacy has failed" and that it would proceed with a "coalition of the willing" to rid Iraq under Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction the US insisted it possessed.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483

United Nations Security Council resolution 1483, adopted on 22 May 2003, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, the Council lifted trade sanctions against Iraq (excluding an arms embargo) and terminated the Oil-for-Food Programme.

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United States and the United Nations

The United States of America is a charter member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

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United States presidential election, 2004

The United States presidential election of 2004, the 55th quadrennial presidential election, was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.

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Universal Zulu Nation

The Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop awareness group formed and formerly headed by hip hop artist Afrika Bambaataa.

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Wadah Khanfar

Wadah Khanfar (وضاح خنفر, born 1969) is the President of Al Sharq Forum, an independent network dedicated to developing long-term strategies for political development, social justice and economic prosperity of the people of the Middle East.

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War Feels Like War

War Feels Like War is a 2004 British documentary film.

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Weapon of mass destruction

A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures (e.g., buildings), natural structures (e.g., mountains), or the biosphere.

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2002 Prague summit

The 2002 Prague summit was a NATO summit held at the Prague Congress Center where the heads of state and government of the NATO member states met.

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2003 in Iraq

The following lists events in the year 2003 in Iraq.

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2003 in the United States

Events from the year 2003 in the United States.

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2003 invasion of Iraq

The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War (also called Operation Iraqi Freedom).

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2008 Bucharest summit

The 2008 Bucharest Summit or the 20th NATO Summit was a NATO summit organized in the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania on 2 – 4 April 2008.

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2015 Japanese military legislation

In 2015, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party promoted legislation, passed on September 19, 2015, despite some of the public opposition, to allow the country's military to participate in foreign conflicts, overturning its previous policy of fighting only in self-defense.

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503rd Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 503rd Infantry Regiment, formerly the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) and the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army.

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Redirects here:

Coalition of the Unwilling, Coalition of the Willing, Coalition of the unwilling.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_willing

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