"I have just returned from Iraq where the [Macedonian] troops are standing shoulder by shoulder with the US and coalition forces in order to assist in creating a free Iraq," US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on a visit to Macedonia in September 2004.
"Upravo sam se vratio iz Iraka, gdje [makedonske] jedinice stoje rame uz rame sa snagama SAD-a i koalicije kako bi pomogle u stvaranju slobodnog Iraka", rekao je američki ministar obrane Donald Rumsfeld prilikom posjeta Makedoniji u rujnu 2004.