Where are the Polish companies that were tipped to rebuild Iraq?

Only the most competitive Polish companies have a chance of winning contracts to reconstruct Iraq, said ex finance minister Marek Belka. US Agency for International Development (USAID) recently chose ten entities (comprising of eight commercial companies, plus the World Health Organization and UNICEF) which declared that they will pick their own subcontractors on a non-discriminative basis. This means that Poland's contribution to the war effort in Iraq may not be enough to secure lucrative contracts unless the offers are really attractive and cheap. According to Luke Zahner, USAID spokesman, the agency has still not received any Polish applications. However, according to unofficial sources American Kellog Brown is setting up a consortium of several Polish business partners, led by the Gdańsk Refinery, Polish Gas and Oil (PGNiG) and oil producer Petrobaltic. (Parkiet, May 10-12, p. 1) J.K.