Who is the in coalition of the killing?

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When GWB said More than 35 countries are giving crucial support from the use of naval and air bases to help with intelligence and logistics to deployment of combat units. who was he counting as the 35 countries? There seems to be some confusion over whether New Zealand is a part of this; we officially oppose the war (albeit in the most spineless way possible), but we appear to be contributing a frigate (Te Mana) and a massive spystation (Waihopai). And was he including the Principality of Sealand?

― hamish (hamish), Monday, 24 March 2003 10:04 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah i think te mana's up to no good myself.

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Monday, 24 March 2003 10:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Fear the armed might of Eritrea.

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 24 March 2003 13:18 (twenty-three years ago)

What other use could the Waihopai station be, anyway?

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 24 March 2003 13:34 (twenty-three years ago)

That's kind of a crap pun, too

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 24 March 2003 13:42 (twenty-three years ago)

They said at a press conference the other day that some countries like to not have their support made public. Kind of like 'Does a lot of work for charity, doesn't like to talk about it' but with arms rather than.. alms.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 24 March 2003 13:42 (twenty-three years ago)

What other use could the Waihopai station be, anyway?

Golfs for giants perhaps?

― hamish (hamish), Monday, 24 March 2003 13:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Why are all my images not showing? I'll try again:
http://kai.iks-jena.de/bilder/waihopai.jpg
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~penz/encycl/waihopai.jpg
http://www.gcsb.govt.nz/images/dscub3.jpg

― html dumass (hamish), Monday, 24 March 2003 13:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I meant "have" or something I guess, anyway.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 24 March 2003 13:57 (twenty-three years ago)

>Fear the armed might of Eritrea.

Eritrea fought an incredible WWII-style war for freedom against Ethiopia. They even had women fighting in front line combat. Not that they would be of any use in the Iraq war.

― fletrejet, Monday, 24 March 2003 14:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Mea Maxima Culpa, though I was aware of the Eritrean conflict. looking down the list of the non-combatant coalition members the vast majority have been involved in conflict within recent years, so the joke would have backfired no matter who I picked. Nevertheless cheap shot etc. Fear the armed might of Sealand.

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 01:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Apparently they won a war in 1978. They claim to have a lot of security now due to their harbouring of child pr0n servers.

― hamish (hamish), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 01:23 (twenty-three years ago)

(!) Fear the armed might of Ormskirk.

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 01:45 (twenty-three years ago)

38 countries (sometimes they like to claim it's 45, which might be true):

UK
Oz
NZ ??
Spain
Portugal
Poland
Israel
Kuwait
UAE
Andorra
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Bahrein
Yemen
Pakistan
Turkey
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Litchenstein

That's 19 so far...

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 02:06 (twenty-three years ago)

What is Ormskirk?!?

― hamish (hamish), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 02:23 (twenty-three years ago)

You really don't want to know . . .

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 25 March 2003 02:25 (twenty-three years ago)

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