Bumar's Iraq arms deal protest seen as unlikely to succeed

"I would say their chances are no more than 5%," said a high-ranking official at the U.S. Department of Defense, but he added that he is not involved in the tender proceedings. Gazeta Wyborcza's sources also say that it is not a coincidence that only companies from outside the U.S. protested the results of the tender. The newspaper claims that even General Dynamics - one of the most established suppliers to the U.S. Army - decided against filing a protest, in the belief that it has no chance of succeeding. American sources also claim that Bumar's protest could undermine the credibility of Polish companies seeking to do business in Iraq in the future. (Gazeta Wyborcza. p. 19) T.J.