Two Polish journalists get too close to the action and are kidnapped in Iraq

Prime Minister Leszek Miller assured that his government will use all possible channels in order to rescue two Polish journalists kidnapped in Iraq at 1 p.m (Polish time) yesterday by gunmen. The journalists were Jacek Kaczmarek from Polskie Radio and Marcin Firlej from TVN24, while two of their colleagues who eyewitnessed the event managed to escape. Miller discussed the issue with Foreign Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz and said that Polish embassies in Kuwait and Washington were informed about the incident. "We do not know the full details yet and for this reason we have asked the Americans to investigate what happened as they have greater influence than us," said Miller's foreign affairs advisor Tadeusz Iwinski. Polish Radio is contacting everyone influential they can among Polish and American officials who can help to find and and rescue the two journalists. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) M.M.