Polish leadership stands firmly in support of US action in Afghanistan

"Poland stands firmly and wholeheartedly alongside the United States in the fight against terrorism," said President Aleksander Kwasniewski in a special statement yesterday evening, following news of the first US strikes on Afghanistan. He said that the fight will be long and painful and will also require sacrifices on the part of the Polish people. The President stressed that both the incumbent Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek as well as the designated Prime Minister-to-be Leszek Miller declared support for the U.S. actions. The President stressed that there are no communication problems between the current and the future government in Poland. He added that he does not expect Poland's military forces to directly participate in the operation in the near future. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.1) T.J.