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[To place matters in perspective imagine a press release from 1,900 years ago with this lead sentence: Sarmatian satrap offers 300 local plebians to the Roman Proconsul of the Deifed Emperor Heliogabalus to be dispensed with as He pleases in His wars of conquest in Parthia, Media, Bactria and Ariana. Not much has changed in the intervening centuries.] Polish Troops Ready to Help in Antiterrorist Operations, Says Foreign Minister WARSAW, Jan 9, 2002 -- (BBC Monitoring) Text of report in English by Polish news agency PAP. Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz has notified U.S. State Secretary Colin Powell of the full readiness of a 300-strong Polish contingent to join an international U.S.-led antiterrorist action. Boguslaw Majewski, the ministry's information system department's director, said Cimoszewicz has written [to] Powell that the troops have reached full operational readiness to do service within the framework of the antiterrorist operation "against targets in Afghanistan and outside". The Polish minister said in his letter that the soldiers have been thoroughly selected and prepared in line with the requirements included in a U.S. application for assistance Powell has signed. Government spokesman Michal Tober [on] Tuesday [8 January] told journalists after the cabinet meeting that the ministers heard Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski's report on Polish troops preparation for the action and decided that Prime Minister Leszek Miller should discuss time, scope and sites for troops' operation during his visit to the USA. Source: PAP news agency, Warsaw, in English 1615 GMT 8 Jan 02 (C) 2002 BBC Monitoring __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
