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Coalition base comes under mortar fire in Iraq WARSAW, Poland: A coalition base in the Iraqi city of Karbala came under mortar fire overnight, while sappers defused three roadside bombs in the region, a spokesman for the Polish-led multinational force said Wednesday. A few mortar rounds were fired late Tuesday night at Camp Kilo, where chiefly Bulgarian troops are based, Maj. Slawomir Walenczykowski said by phone from the stabilization force's Camp Babylon headquarters. The attack resulted in no injuries or damage. Also Tuesday night, coalition sappers and Iraqi police found and defused three improvised roadside bombs in the Karbala and...

Poles want Polish soldiers to come back from Iraq Print version According to the latest opinion poll by CBOS, 74 percent of Poles are against Polish participation in the stabilization operation in Iraq. Moreover, over half of the responders (53 percent) express their objection very firmly. There is a noticeable increase in the number of Poles who do not approve of Polish armed forces stationing in Iraq. Since April it has risen by 8 percent. According to CBOS, the main reason for such tendency is death of two Polish journalists and two Polish soldiers in May, as well as information...