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 Polish Maj. Hieronim Kupczyk, 44, killed in an ambush in Iraq on Thursday, the first Polish soldier killed by hostile fire since World War II, is shown in this recent file photo. (AP File/PAP)  The widow of Polish Army Maj. Kupczyk, Jolanta, right, wipes a tear during the funeral for her husband, Maj. Hieronim Kupczyk, in Szczecin, Poland, Monday, Nov.10, 2003. Maj. Kupczyk, killed in Iraq last week, was Poland's first combat casualty in Iraq. Daugher Marta is right. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)  Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, left, and Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski, second right, attend the funeral for Polish Army Maj. Hieronim Kupczyk in Szczecin, Poland, Monday, Nov.10, 2003. Maj. Kupczyk, killed in Iraq last week, was Poland's first combat casualty in Iraq. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)  Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, second left, watches the funeral ceremony for Polish Army Maj. Hieronim Kupczyk in Szczecin, Poland, Monday, Nov.10, 2003.  Polish soldiers guard the coffin of slain Colonel Hieronim Kupczyk, 44, at a church in Szczecin, Poland, November 10, 2003. Guerrillas shot and killed a Polish army officer south of Baghdad on November 7, the first soldier to die from a multi-national division set up to relieve the pressure on U.S. forces trying to stabilize Iraq . Photo by Peter Andrews/Reuters  Jolanta Kupczyk, the wife of slain Colonel Hieronim Kupczyk, receives the flag that covered her husband's coffin, as his daughter Marta looks on, following funeral services at a cemetery in Szczecin, Poland, November 10, 2003. Guerrillas shot and killed a Polish army officer south of Baghdad on November 7, the first soldier to die from a multi-national division set up to relieve the pressure on U.S. forces trying to stabilize Iraq. REUTERS/Peter Andrews
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