Polish and Bulgarian troops come under hostile fire in Iraq

A Polish convoy was shot at on Sunday evening in the province of Wasit in Iraq. None of the soldiers traveling from Kuwait to a base in al-Kut was hurt. "This was the first time a Polish convoy was being shot at. When the shots came, our soldiers took combat positions. In accordance with the standard orders in such situations, the convoy quickly left the area. No fire was returned. Nobody was hurt, and our equipment was not damaged," announced Andrzej Wiatrowski, the spokesman for the Multinational South-Central Division in Iraq. A mortar attack was also reported by Bulgarian soldiers in Karbala. The command of the Polish division is currently examining the circumstances of the incident as, according to unofficial information, the Bulgarian soldiers' reports conflicted with each other. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.