7 lipca 2004 r. (Stacja ostatnia - Polacy znajdują broń chemiczną w Iraku)

Rozpoczęło się szaleństwo medialne na temat broni chemicznej w Iraku. Pisali i mówili wszyscy, oliwy do ognia dolewali politycy, nasi tę broń znaleźli ale Sojusznik i tak stwierdził, że nie. Biliśmy się na słowa i komunikaty: a to szef Wojskowych Służb Informacyjnych gen. Dukaczewski, innym razem Dyrektor Biura Prasy i Informacji MON płk dr Piotr Pertek. I tak na przemian. Potem dołączyli politycy i zaczęli swoje. Zatem była czy nie była?

Media donoszą:

WP.PL - http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1356,title,Szmajdzinski-Polacy-znalezli-w-Iraku-bron-chemiczna,wid,5396176,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=112d18
RMF-FM - http://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-polacy-znalezli-w-iraku-bron-chemiczna,nId,194073
AFP - http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040703211910.617uvolu.html
Inne - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1165017/posts

Poland stands by 'poison gas' find Iraq


WARSAW (AFP) Jul 03, 2004

Political and military officials in Poland Saturday reaffirmed that missile warheads found by Polish troops in Iraq contained poison gas, despite denials by the multinational forces in Baghdad.

"In each of the missiles found, the presence of a chemical substance was found. It was cyclosarin," a spokesman for the Polish contingent in Iraq, Colonel Robert Strzelecki, told public television.

"They were missiles that were made 15 years ago, which should have been destroyed and were not. They would certainly have very dangerous had they fallen into the hands of terrorists," said deputy defense minister Janusz Zemke.

Washington announced on Thursday that Polish troops had discovered more than a dozen warheads containing mustard or sarin gas in Iraq, a report later confirmed by Polish Defence Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski.

The head of Poland's military intelligence service also said on Friday that "terrorist" groups were seeking to acquire the weapons.

But a statement from the multinational forces in Iraq said on Friday that the 16 122 milimetre warheads had tested negative for chemical agents.

"Those 16 rounds were all empty and tested negative for any type of chemicals," it said.

Washington justified leading the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 by claiming the country was harbouring weapons of mass destruction. However, none has yet been found.

Poland, one of the staunchest supporters of the United States in the Iraq war, patrols a large swathe of the country south of Baghdad, heading a 6,500-strong multinational force including 2,500 Polish troops.

Media donoszą:

WP.PL - http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1356,title,Szmajdzinski-Polacy-znalezli-w-Iraku-bron-chemiczna,wid,5396176,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=112d18
RMF-FM - http://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-polacy-znalezli-w-iraku-bron-chemiczna,nId,194073
AFP - http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040703211910.617uvolu.html
Inne - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1165017/posts