Drone_pilot
14-08-04, 11:49
Twenty Polish soldiers held by militants inside an Iraqi police building were to spend the night there, Polish officials said.
The soldiers had gone to help Iraqi policemen in the town of Hilla who had been surrounded by about 250 protesters loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr.
"We don't want to endanger our soldiers by moving them out during the night," Lt Col Artur Domanski said.
The Poles command a 9,000-strong 21-nation force in south-central Iraq.
"The building is specially fortified and the soldiers are well equipped, so I can be certain that they will last until morning," Col Domanski said.
Polish military officials in Warsaw said no shots had been fired
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3563798.stm)
The soldiers had gone to help Iraqi policemen in the town of Hilla who had been surrounded by about 250 protesters loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr.
"We don't want to endanger our soldiers by moving them out during the night," Lt Col Artur Domanski said.
The Poles command a 9,000-strong 21-nation force in south-central Iraq.
"The building is specially fortified and the soldiers are well equipped, so I can be certain that they will last until morning," Col Domanski said.
Polish military officials in Warsaw said no shots had been fired
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3563798.stm)