NATO to eventually take control over Polish zone in Iraq

Notably, Germany and France, seeking to improve their relations with the U.S., have eased their previously reluctant stance on the matter and have both hinted that such a solution would be acceptable to them. However, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer reiterated that his country's armed forces shall not go to Iraq. Poland can now make a choice of either handing control over the zone to Spain in June, or to wait a few more months and to pass it to NATO. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 8) T.J.