Polish Army Confirms Its Soldiers Were Killed in Mortar Attack (rev story)

[UpInArms]

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=ar0Wn90koORg&refer=europe

June 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Polish army confirmed that six soldiers serving under the Polish command in Iraq were killed yesterday in a mortar attack, not in a demining accident as first reported.

``The death of the soldiers in Iraq was not a result of mistakes made during demining work -- it was a mortar attack,'' said General Piotr Czerwinski at a Baghdad press conference broadcast on Polish private television station TVN24.

Officials from the U.S.-led coalition had originally said the deaths at as-Suwayrah, south of Baghdad, were probably due to an accident during engineering work at an ammunition and explosives storage area.

Three Slovak soldiers and one Latvian died in the attack, the first casualties from those countries in Iraq. Two Poles also died, bringing the total number of Polish military deaths to six.

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[daleo]

1. I wondered at the time if this was really an accident

And posted that sentiment on an earlier thread. Not to brag about my skepticism, just noting how little you can trust any of the coalition announcements . One's first reaction - to doubt, is usually correct.