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Washington: The US is looking into the possibility of securing a UN resolution which will make it easier for India to send its troops to Iraq, the top civilian official in Iraq, L Paul Bremer said on July 20.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is looking into the possibility of getting a UN resolution "provided it can be done in a way that is useful and makes it easier for people like the Indians to provide troops and for other countries to provide troops", Bremer said on NBC-TV.

At present, there are 147,000 American troops and about 14,000 or so British troops in addition to 13,000 troops from 19 countries.

The US was hoping for 17,000 Indian troops, and Britain has requested Pakistan to send a brigade of Pakistani troops and America has made a similar request to Pakistan, making a total of two brigades.

If India sends 17,000, it will be the second-largest contingent.

India, France and Germany, among others, have said that they can contribute military contribution or financial contribution or both if the request comes not from the occupation authorities of Britain and the US but from the UN.

Bremer said that 37 nations have pledged $ 3 billion for reconstruction.

PTI