Polish occupation force will not be increased despite Spain's exit from Iraq

"We work according to the schedule and we are unable to change it and send new soldiers. Talking straight, we do not have any more of them prepared," President Aleksander Kwaśniewski told Radio Trójka. He did, however, add that the country had to be prepared for the likelihood of Spanish forces pulling out of the Polish stabilization zone. At present, the Polish occupying forces number some 2,500 troops, while Spain has 1,300 soldiers under Polish command. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) M.M.