Poland among list of countries on Al-Qaida hit list

In a recording given to Al-jazeera television, a voice, which resembled that of Osama Ben Laden, warned the US and other countries assisting it in Iraq of future suicide attacks on them. "From time to time we receive signals that we might become a target of terrorist attack, and due to this designated forces are in constant readiness," Interior Minister Krzysztof Janik commented on the news. The voice on the tape warned that Al-Qaida might attack the UK, Spain, Australia, Poland, Japan and Italy at any time and at any place in the world. "We have installed modern equipment on our borders, which substantially helps to find those trying to smuggle weapons or people," added Janik. In the meantime, the Polish headquarters of the international division in Iraq have informed that coalition forces took part in arresting 32 people suspected of organizing an assassination attempt in Karbala, during which three American soldiers and two Iraqi civilians died. General Marek Ojrzanowski ran the operation. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A7) M.M.