Americans request between 2,000-4,000 Polish troops for Iraq

The Americans will reveal plans to form military units, which will play a role similar to that of NATO in the former Yugoslavia, during an international conference on the future of Iraq, which will begin this Wednesday in London. The U.S. will address this message to its allies, Great Britain, Australia and Poland. The stability forces will be formed of three groups, one of American soldiers, another a coalition of Great Britain and Australia, while the third will comprise of Polish soldiers. This could mean that Poland would have to send between 2,000 and 3,000 soldiers to Iraq. According to Gazeta Wyborcza's informer, a Pentagon officer, Americans "would be glad if Warsaw could agree to send even 4,000 soldiers. But I am not sure if the Polish Ministry of Defense will agree to this." During the coming days Poland will make the decision and send an official reply to the request. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) A.K.