Buzek offers Poland's qualified support for anti-terrorist action by NATO

Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek has announced that the government will make a decision today on the consequences for Poland of the terrorist attack on the United States. Until now, neither the US nor NATO has expressed any expectations from the people of Poland or the country's armed forces. "We are ready to stand in solidarity with the whole North Atlantic coalition," Buzek said, adding, "First of all, however, we have to know who conceived of the attack, who prepared it, and who supported it, in order to make further decisions." General Ryszard Olszewski, Chief of the Operations Directorate (GZO), said that Poland's involvement in any kind of military action depended entirely on the strategy and concept adopted by the allies. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A6) A.K.