Were supplies to Polish army in Iraq based on corrupt tenders?

Radio RMF has found out that the military prosecutor accused a group of 11 people of acting against the public interest and of having hindered tender proceedings concerning purchases for the Polish division serving in Iraq. The topic was first mentioned by daily Życie Warszawy on Thursday. So far at least three senior officers and four civilians have been arrested. This news was confirmed by Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdziński who added that these were not the most important tenders, as those were carried out by the Ministry itself. He did not confirm whether the accusations also concerned the mission in Iraq, but cautiously said, "These were all events which took place over the past few years, and the prosecutor will now find out in when they ended". (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.