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Armed forces growth
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-16 |
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[88th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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12,000 |
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[104th of 166]
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Conscription
No conscription. |
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Conventional arms imports
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$25,000,000.00 |
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[56th of 85]
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expenditure > current LCU
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923000000 |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$700,000,000.00 |
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[61st of 170]
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP
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0.9 %
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[138th of 171]
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Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid
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$3,530,000.00 |
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[26th of 40]
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Iraqi insurgency > Foreign fighter nationality distribution > Sorted alphabeticallyality
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1
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[18th of 25]
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M2 Browning machine gun > International usage > NATO Member
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no |
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,020,180 |
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[123rd of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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821,378 |
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[114th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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17 |
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[121st of 129]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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31,437 |
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[102nd of 128]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49
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29,327
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[107th of 157]
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NATO > Membership Action Plan > Partnership for Peace
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December 1999 |
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personnel
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10,000
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[132nd of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.48 %
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[121st of 168]
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Service age and obligation
17 years of age for voluntary military service; enlistees under the age of 17 can be recruited for specialist positions (2001) |
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Weapon holdings
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112,000 |
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[113rd of 137]
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SOURCES: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency
; Wikipedia: M2 Browning machine gun
; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: NATO
; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Ireland, ireland republic, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic
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