Domestic In Brief: Iraq; Anti-terrorist police; Sexual harassment
Some 30 soldiers of the Brodnica Anti-Chemical Warfare Unit will be dispatched to Turkey as part of Poland's contribution to the war in Iraq. All the soldiers have agreed to be sent to the region. Already 150 Polish soldiers are taking part in the war against Iraq. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) ... Anti-terrorist police units are to receive an additional zl. 5 million to allow them to modernize and supplement their equipment. According to insiders, the most urgent purchases are automatic guns and an armored vehicle. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A9) ... A scout instructor has been sexually harassing female minors under his care for over five years, Gazeta Wyborcza has learned. The news, denied by the alleged culprit, has sparked protests from the national scouting movement. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 10) J.K.