Posted on 08/13/2004 6:30:38 PM PDT by anonymoussierra
(Re-leads with overnight plans)
WARSAW, Aug 13 (Reuters) - A group of about 20 Polish soldiers will spend the night at a police station in Hilla, southern Iraq, where they are surrounded by a group of militants, the Polish army said on Friday.
The soldiers went to the aid of Iraqi policemen who had been surrounded by a demonstration of around 250 people loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, military spokesmen said, adding that some of the demonstrators had since left the area.
"We don't want to endanger our soldiers by moving them out during the night," Lieutenant Colonel Artur Domanski, spokesman for the Polish-led multinational division, said in a live interview on television station TVN 24.
"The building is specially fortified and the soldiers are well equipped, so I can be certain that they will last till morning," he said, adding that a reaction force was standing by at a nearby base if the situation worsened.
Zdzislaw Gnatowski, spokesman for the General Staff in Warsaw, told Reuters no shots had been fired during the standoff, denying initial Polish media reports of gunfire.
Poland commands a multinational force of 8,000 troops in south-central Iraq, including 2,500 Polish troops. Its main base, Camp Babylon, is about five kilometres from Hilla, TVN 24 said.
An a c-130A is circling overhead.
thank you America.
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The terrorists tried this a few days ago in Kut. We killed almost 100 in very short order. It seems that when they gather in groups they make it just that much easier to send them to their virgins...in groups.
Thank you, Poland!
There you are.
How do you say " the poor bastards got us surrounded" in Polish?
I've got you surroundedski.
Thank you, Poland. And twenty brave Poles are more than able to handle those Muslims. Poles have fought Muslims before and made history doing so.
It reminds me of the officer in WWII who told his men, "The enemy surrounds us to the north, the south, the east, and the west! This time, by God, they won't get away from us!"
Spain needs to see these brave Polish Soldiers! May God watch over all of them and keep them safe!!!!!
"WARSAW, Aug 13 (Reuters) - A group of about 20 Polish soldiers will spend the night at a police station in Hilla, southern Iraq, where they are surrounded by a group of militants, the Polish army said on Friday."
Unless the Bush Administration really WANTS to loose the election AND the support of all its coalition allies -, those who remain - we will pulverize the "group of militants" into their respective protoplamic components overnight.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TAKE OFF THE KID GLOVES WITH THESE LUNATIC PEOPLE??
Alamo!
"WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TAKE OFF THE KID GLOVES WITH THESE LUNATIC PEOPLE?? "
That is good.
"send them to their virgins...in groups."
YES!
Thank you.
What is Alamo.
We'll pray for those Polish soldiers and make sure that they receive support when they need it.
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