January 22, 2005

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  White House Scraps 'Coalition of the Willing' List

  
  

   

  
  

  Fri Jan 21, 2005 07:27 PM ET

  
  

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has scrapped its list of Iraq allies known as the 45-member "coalition of the willing," which Washington used to back its argument that the 2003 invasion was a multilateral action, an official said on Friday.

  
  

  The senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the White House replaced the coalition list with a smaller roster of 28 countries with troops in Iraq sometime after the June transfer of power to an interim Iraqi government.
  

  The official could not say when or why the administration did away with the list of the coalition of the willing.
  

  The coalition, unveiled on the eve of the invasion, consisted of 30 countries that publicly offered support for the United States and another 15 that did not want to be named as part of the group.
  

  Former coalition member Costa Rica withdrew last September under pressure from voters who opposed the government's decision to back the invasion.

  
  

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