1.   Now they are composite, multi-faceted and potentially more dangerous - and the governments contributing troops tend to be much more demanding.

2.   North Yemen had been the only country to contribute troops to support Iraq during the Gulf war.

3.   It welcomed the decision of Guinea-Bissau to contribute troops to ECOMOG.

4.   And Germany, which is contributing troops to the current campaign in Afghanistan, has warned it would not contribute to any military effort in Iraq.

5.   And in an interview with the Mexican newspaper Reforma, de la Rua said Argentina would no longer contribute troops to multinational peacekeeping operations.

6.   Arab states may be reluctant to contribute troops for an Islamic security force because that might be seen as an endorsement for the U.S. military campaign.

7.   After selecting a commander, the council is unlikely to specify the number or nationalities of soldiers in the force, leaving those decisions to the countries contributing troops.

8.   Britain, France and other countries contributing troops have made it clear they would not expose their soldiers to the dangers of likely Serbian reprisals.

9.   But the United States initially believed that the European countries contributing troops to the new force would also pay for them.