War In Brief: George W. Bush; Miller addresses Sejm; Vincent Brooks

US President George W. Bush has expressed his appreciation toward Polish soldiers in Iraq and thanked them for taking part in an operation in the Persian Gulf, during a speech at the McDill air base in Florida yesterday. " The Polish divisions have secured an Iraqi oil platform in the gulf," he said. Bush also mentioned that the Polish army is taking part in preparations for a possible chemical or biological attack by Iraq. (www.onet.pl) ... Prime Minister Leszek Miller, during a speech in the Sejm yesterday, said the country's role in the Iraq conflict is right and justified, while our mission is to "make the world a safer place, and free it from such dictators as Sadd am Hussein". Miller has presented the Sejm with information about the role of Polish forces in Iraq. The Civic Platform (PO) as well as Law and Justice (PiS) have already declared their support for the operation. (www.polskierdaio.pl) ... American General Vincent Brooks has officially denied accusations, made by reporters during a press conference in Qatar, that Polish and American soldiers shoot Iraqi civilians. (www.onet.pl) A.K.