Poland Not Yet Decided on Iraq Extension

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Poland Not Yet Decided on Iraq Extension

Sunday, July 29, 2007; 8:36 AM

WARSAW, Poland -- Poland has not yet decided whether to
extend its military mission in Iraq beyond the end of the year,
the president said Sunday.

"It depends on a lot of factors, above all on how the situation
there is going to develop and how our cooperation with the
United States is going to shape up," President Lech Kaczynski
said on the sidelines of an anniversary ceremony of the
Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis, the PAP news
agency reported.

Poland, a staunch U.S. ally, contributed troops to the 2003
U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and has since led a multinational
division south of Baghdad. Some 900 Polish troops are
stationed there training Iraqi personnel.

Last year, the government extended its mission in Iraq until
the end of 2007, and a decision on whether to stay past
that date is expected in the coming months.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/AR2007072900293.html

[SpikeTss]

1. It's one of the strangest events in modern history

That of all countries in the world, the Polish people took part
in the illegal invasion of a sovereign nation and the killing
of several hundred thousands innocent people.

One should have expected, that as a nation who experienced the
horrors of being attacked and overrun by a reckless military
power, they would've refrained from taking part in a war of aggression.

I guess that money was the reason why they participated in this illegal
war. If I remember correctly, the Polish foreign minister explained the
participation of his country with the wish to access oil sources in
the Middle East, or something like that. :-(

[Endangered Specie]

8. Similiar irony is lost on Israel as well.

[rodeodance]

2. they want to see what Carrots Bush will offer!!

[ohio2007]

3. "We will stay as long as needed and one day more"

That was the pledge they made to the Iraqi govt many years ago.

......if they want those U$ mi$$ile defen$e ba$e$ on Polish soil.........

They will continue to train the Iraqi personnel until the next US admin talks to them about redeployment.

[Drum]

4. Dont forget, Poland. nt

[struggle4progress]

5. Poland may pull troops out of Iraq (October 2004)

Poland may pull troops out of Iraq (October 2004)
Monday, October 4, 2004 Posted: 2:20 PM EDT (1820 GMT)

(CNN) -- Poland may reduce its commitment of forces to the war in Iraq by 40 percent by January 2005 and have all its troops out by the end of that year, Polish officials said Monday. ~snip~ http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.polandtroops/index.html


Complete Iraq Withdrawal Urged in Poland
August 5, 2005

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – A majority of adults in Poland believe their country’s commitment to the coalition effort should come to an end, according to a poll by PBS Sopot. 59 per cent of respondents believe all Polish soldiers should be removed from Iraq ~snip~ http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8380


Poland to withdraw troops from Iraq in 2006
2005-11-26 09:51:30

WARSAW, Nov. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Poland will certainly pull its troops out of Iraq in 2006 but the deadline for the withdrawal might be put off from January to June, Polish Defense Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Friday. ~snip~ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/26/content_3838015.htm


Britain May Start Pulling Out of Iraq
By JENNIFER QUINN Associated Press Writer
LONDON Nov 27, 2006 (AP)

~snip~ Polish President Lech Kaczynski said his country, a U.S. ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, would pull its remaining 900 soldiers out of Iraq by the end of 2007. ~snip~ http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2681182


Polish president: no decision on troops withdrawal from Iraq
UPDATED: 08:57, November 28, 2006

Polish President Lech Kaczynski told a news conference on Monday that there has been no decision on the withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq. Kaczynski referred to reports by Newsweek that Polish Defense Minister Radoslaw Sikorski suggested to the president to end the Iraq mission in July 2007. ~snip~ http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/28/eng20061128_325745.html


Poland Prez a true-blue ally
By CHARLES HURT, Washington Bureau Chief

July 17, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Poland's leader yesterday stood solidly behind President Bush and warned that a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq now would be like the disastrous pullout from Vietnam in the 1970s. ~snip~ http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172007/news/worldnews/poland_prez_a_true_blue_ally_worldnews_charles_hurt__washington_bureau_chief.htm

Gotta wonder what they got on him ...

[SpikeTss]

6. Very sad what greed does to once great nations:

Gotta wonder what they got on him ...

It seems that Bush, Cheney and their henchmen only need to promise
a profit to make nations, which were once admired for their courage,
to take part in the biggest crime according to international law.
It's especially sad regarding Poland, which - according to his history -
should know, that these kind of crimes never end well for those
who commit them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3043330.stm

Poland seeks Iraqi oil stake

Poland, which has sent troops to support the US-led forces in Iraq, has acknowledged its "ultimate objective" is to acquire supplies of Iraqi oil.

The Polish Foreign Minister, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, said his country had never disguised the fact that it sought direct access to the oilfields.

He was speaking as a group of Polish firms signed a deal with a subsidiary of US Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, Halliburton.

[struggle4progress]

7. That's very credible. But I'd guess there's more:

Europe | 04.11.2005
Secret Prisons in Poland and Romania?

The US-based NGO Human Rights Watch said that, based on flight records and other evidence, it believed Poland and Romania had cooperated with the CIA to set up secret prisons. ~snip~

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1765288,00.html