Survey Shows Polish Favor Iraq Pullout

[seemslikeadream]

Wednesday September 22, 2004 4:16 PM


WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Sixty percent of Poles would support an immediate withdrawal of the country's soldiers from Iraq, while more than 70 percent believe their government made a mistake in sending troops there, according to a survey released Wednesday.

Poland contributed troops to last year's U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein and now commands a 6,000-strong multinational peacekeeping force in central Iraq that includes some 2,400 Poles.

While the deployment has broad mainstream political support, polls over recent months have shown growing public opposition, with more than half opposing Poland's presence in Iraq.

The OBOP polling agency, which questioned 1,004 Poles Sept. 2-5, found that 60 percent would support an immediate pullout, while 36 percent opposed the idea.

The survey also found that 71 percent believed Poland made a mistake in sending troops and 23 percent disagreed. It gave a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
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[ronnykmarshall]

1. Freepers dig out old Polish jokes.

Film at 11.

[Jacobin]

2. Coalition of the bribed splintering

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. SO we loaned them 300 million (?) to purchase that much in planes

from Lockheed so we could call them part of the coalition and now they are being dealbreakers?

[makhno]

4. So much for the "New Europe" [nt]

[sofa king]

5. That's really not good.

The Poles have been good enough to supply GROM, one of the most professional and effective special forces units in the world. If there's one quiet spot in Iraq, it's wherever the Poles are right now.

[struggle4progress]

6. Poland tried to pull out in March. W threw a hissy fit. eom