Poland half way down on the list threatened with terrorist attack

Poland has been ranked 87th among 186 countries that are most threatened wi th terrorist attack, but while this is quite a way down the list, it occupi es the highest position among states in Central and Eastern Europe. Author of the recently published report, Guy Dunn from the London World Markets Re search Center, claims that the position should be in general correlated to Poland's participation in the second Gulf war and current participation in the stabilization forces bringing democracy back to Iraq. The threat is how ever, also increased by proximity to and by close contacts with former stat es of the Soviet Union. "Poland is almost in the middle of the list, but ot her countries have more reasons to be fearful," explained Guy Dunn. First p lace on the list was taken by Columbia, which is plagued by guerrilla war. Following Columbia are Israel, Pakistan and finally the USA. Great Britain was ranked tenth after among Afghanistan, Indonesia and Iraq. (www.polskier adio.pl) M.M.