washingtonpost: "Kerry said. "We need to offer to share responsibilities with the United Nations, NATO and others, so they will work with us in Iraq to achieve security, stability, and freedom."
However, Albania, a predominantly Muslim country, told the United States it was prepared to send more non-combat troops to Iraq, the government said Monday, in a possible expansion of the 71-member-strong contingent patrolling the northern city of Mosul under U.S. command."

Well that's ok then. Who needs freedom hating Spain when freedom loving Albania is there to help

More consequences of the loss of the Spanish from the Guardian: 'Honduras now has 370 troops in Najaf under Spanish command, alongside small forces from El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.

``Those troops depend on the Spanish troops for logistics and language reasons,'' said Grzegorz Holdanowicz, Polish correspondent for Jane's Defense Weekly.

Honduras had planned to withdraw its contingent in July as scheduled.'