Army to send troops to support anti-Iraq coalition

In the town of Brodnice, Polish soldiers going to fight in Iraq were officially bid farewell. Some 36 chemists, and troops from the IV Brodnicki Chemical Regiment, will probably leave the country on Friday. "If I claimed I was not frightened I would be lying. I do not treat this as an adventure, but as a mission and it is most likely that we will have to work in the face of real danger," said one of the soldiers. Meanwhile, support for Polish military participation in Iraq has been falling. As many as 69% of the public oppose the move - 0.6% more than in January. Only 2 % of the population approves of the deployment of Polish troops while 50% believe that the government has been misguided in standing by the US and 28% condone the government's action. (www.rmf.pl) A.C.