Poland Admits Iraq Combat Role After News Photos - not on CNN

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=2438584

Mon March 24, 2003 01:17 PM ET


By Douglas Busvine
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland admitted on Monday that its elite GROM commando unit had taken part in the U.S.-led attack on Iraq after the soldiers posed for a Reuters news photographer.

The Defense Ministry had denied that GROM (Thunder) special forces were involved in combat, but on Monday it confirmed their participation after dailies splashed photographs of the soldiers in the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, where U.S.-led troops are battling pockets of Iraqi resistance.

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GROM is an SAS-style commando unit which has seen recent action in Afghanistan. It is one of the few highly trained units in Poland's armed forces, which are mostly underfunded and still rely on outdated Soviet-era equipment.

Poland, a NATO member whose government has supported the tough U.S. line against Baghdad, sent 200 troops to the Gulf in what they originally said was a supporting, non-combat, role.

The Reuters photographs showed masked GROM soldiers taking prisoners, scrawling graffiti on a portrait of Saddam and posing with U.S. Navy Seals holding up a U.S. flag.

"These photos shouldn't have happened," said Szmajdzinski. "The next time it will definitely be with the Polish flag."

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Polish special forces stand in the port of Umm-Qasr in southern Iraq after turning captured Iraqis to U.S. control on March 23, 2003. Poland admitted on March 24 that its elite GROM commando unit had taken part in the U.S.-led attack on Iraq after the soldiers posed for a Reuters news photographer. Photo by Desmond Boylan/Reuters

[JeremySF]

Stealth Allies: Poland Admits Iraq Combat Role After News Photos

http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...hreadid=119026


I already posted this. It's been all over the news.

[directfiesta]

Originally posted by JeremySF
Stealth Allies: Poland Admits Iraq Combat Role After News Photos

http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...hreadid=119026


I already posted this. It's been all over the news.

oups... was adding 3 new models on one of my sites....

Sorry JeremySF....

But still is funny how people don't think of repercussion, mainly getting the pic taken...

[JeremySF]

Originally posted by directfiesta


oups... was adding 3 new models on one of my sites....

Sorry JeremySF....

But still is funny how people don't think of repercussion, mainly getting the pic taken...

Yeah, how could they be so clueless. All NCAA athletes know resolutely that they cannot get their picture taken with a commercial product, else risk suspension. You'd think these Polish soldiers would know they shouldn't get thier pictures taken when they're supposed to be operating covertly.