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Supreme commanders of the Polish Army killed in plane crash
ONET.PL - Polish News Website ^ | Apr.10,2010 | PAP (Polish Press Agency)

Posted on 04/10/2010 4:18:02 AM PDT by Matt_Rel

[translation from a Polish website]

 

Supreme Polish leaders, including the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Lech Kaczynski and his legendary predecessor, the President of Poland In Exile, Mr. Ryszard Kaczorowski, as well as almost entire Staff of the Polish Armed Forces die in the crash near Smolensk, Russia.

According to official information (confirmed),  supreme commanders of the Polish Armed Forces died in the crash, adding to thousands of the military commanders that had been killed there in 1940.

Upon the Constitution of Poland, in case of President's sudden death, the Speaker of the Parliament, automatically becomes the President of Poland. Therefore, Mr. Bronislav Komorowski has officially taken duties of the President of the Republic.

 

The fallen officers of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces:

1. Gen. Gagor /read: gon'gor/ , The Supreme Commander of the Polish Armed Forces

R.I.P. April 10,2010

 

2. Gen. Bronislaw KWIATKOWSKI - The Operational Commander of the Polish Armed Forces

R.I.P. April 10,2010



3. Gen. Andrzej BLASIK /buasheek/- The Commander of the Polish Air Force

File:Andrzej.Błasik.PNG

R.I.P. April 10,2010


4. Gen. Tadeusz BUK - The Commander of the Polish Ground Forces

Gen. Tadeusz Buk / fot. A. Nocoń     

[here in a field uniform in Afghanistan]  

R.I.P. April 10,2010

 

5. Gen. dyw. Włodzimierz POTASIŃSKI The Commander of the Polish Special Forces  (e.g. supreme commander of GROM)


 

R.I.P. April 10,2010


6. Admiral Andrzej KARWETA - The Commander of the Polish Navy


File:Wiceadmirał Andrzej Karweta - Konferencja prasowa Marynarka Wojenna 2008.jpg

R.I.P. April 10,2010

 


7. Gen. Kazimierz GILARSKI 
- The Commander of the Capital of Warsaw ArmyWidok Obrazu

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General Staff pay their tribute to late Pope John Paul II

MAY THE ETERNAL LIGHT OF CHRIST BE NOW WITH YOU ALL

 

 

 


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; grom; poland; polish
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Poland has lost its elite. Tragedy beyond belief.
1 posted on 04/10/2010 4:18:02 AM PDT by Matt_Rel
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To: Matt_Rel
It is early and I am tired, but didn't Poland supply troops to aid us??
2 posted on 04/10/2010 4:22:08 AM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: Glenn

Photo 4 would tend to confirm that.

Seventy years later, Katyn strikes again.


3 posted on 04/10/2010 4:24:46 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: lizol; dfwgator; snippy_about_it; SAMWolf

ping


4 posted on 04/10/2010 4:25:08 AM PDT by Matt_Rel
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To: Matt_Rel

A terrible tragedy, and Americans should remember that the Poles have fought and bled beside us in both Iraq and Afghanistan.


5 posted on 04/10/2010 4:26:06 AM PDT by Malesherbes (Sauve qui peut)
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To: Matt_Rel
Tragedy beyond belief

Yes, and I am sorry for the lost of the elite of Poland.

But be encouraged by the fact that there is a survivor - the survivor is POLAND and her people!

6 posted on 04/10/2010 4:27:14 AM PDT by ResistorSister (Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. I Cor. 16:13)
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To: Matt_Rel

How on earth could a country fly all of its top elite, on a single flight?


7 posted on 04/10/2010 4:27:52 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
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To: Matt_Rel

Prayers go out for Poland.

8 posted on 04/10/2010 4:29:41 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Looking for my generations Lexington and Concord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
Photo 4 would tend to confirm that.

Thank you. All the more reason to morn.

9 posted on 04/10/2010 4:30:22 AM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: James C. Bennett
How on earth could a country fly all of its top elite, on a single flight?

Because that is all they could afford.

10 posted on 04/10/2010 4:31:15 AM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: Matt_Rel

Poland is the American people’s ally.


11 posted on 04/10/2010 4:31:57 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Matt_Rel

May God be by the side of the people of Poland during this tragic time.


12 posted on 04/10/2010 4:35:45 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Diogenesis

The American people are Poland’s ally. Which isn’t saying anything about the creatures that currently occupy the WH or the party in temporary power, of course.


13 posted on 04/10/2010 4:35:54 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (My dad, a WWII vet always said that America's best ally is Britain. He was right.)
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To: James C. Bennett

From the AP”

Polish leader, 95 others dead in Russia jet crash
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2010/04/10/polish_presidents_plane_crashes_in_russia_87_die/

“...Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the Soviet-era Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police...’

Soviet-era Tupolev....makes you WONDER?


14 posted on 04/10/2010 4:36:12 AM PDT by WellyP
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To: Matt_Rel

I am sorry for their losses.

Stunned that they ALL would have been traveling together?


15 posted on 04/10/2010 4:36:18 AM PDT by EBH (Our First Right...."it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,")
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To: Matt_Rel

Motive and opportunity. What an opportunity.


16 posted on 04/10/2010 4:37:00 AM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: Glenn

Yes, in several places around the world.


17 posted on 04/10/2010 4:38:25 AM PDT by Verdelet (Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori!)
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To: All

Will we be seeing a move by the soviets to install a more friendly government..


18 posted on 04/10/2010 4:40:29 AM PDT by newnhdad (The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
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To: Glenn
Poland has been a staunch ally to us in the Middle east.

MY first thought was what would now become of zero's decision to pull the missile defense system?

19 posted on 04/10/2010 4:41:01 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Matt_Rel

Also killed on the plane the Polish deputy foreign minister and the Governor of the Polish National Bank.

(Note that Poland - though an EU country - is not member of the Eurozone. It has been rumoured that the Eurozone ministers would have a telephone conference on Sunday to work out a bail out for Greece. Poland would in all likelihood not be involved.)


20 posted on 04/10/2010 4:41:15 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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