(Polish)Officials rule out that Al-Qa'idah terrorists held in Poland

[Ouabache]

http://www.hoovers.com/free/news/detail.xhtml?ArticleID=20051103670.2_a5930003e3f57c68

Text of report in English by Polish news agency PAP

Warsaw, 3 November: Former Minister of National Defence Jerzy Szmajdzinski ruled out on Thursday <3 November> that any Al-Qa'idah terrorists could be kept in Poland. The identical opinion was voiced by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Adam Rotfeld....Newly-appointed coordinator for special services Zbigniew Wassermann stressed he did not think such a situation was possible.

a little more at the link. Can't quote too much, article is short.

11/03/2005 11:55:36 AM EST
BBC MONITORING INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

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So, would 2 former officials lie? What about the current official? Maybe all 3 are out of the loop?

[jsamuel]

1. They answered that a little too fast... hmmmm

[Ouabache]

2. Yeah, maybe Judith Miller could get over there

and personally interview the three of them, so we could rest assured.

[Lexingtonian]

3. that's only a partial denial

This statement evades saying whether there are, say, Taliban fighters being held in the country or whether any were held there in the past couple of years.

[leQ]

4. this thing is going to blow wide open and be a scandal

and i can't wait. people making allegations, and people denying them. what better ticket can there be for a home-run thriller.

[Ouabache]

5. maybe eventually

Fitzgerald will call some people in to talk about some of these things.

[Nihil]

6. Also ...

> This statement evades saying whether there are, say, Taliban fighters
> being held in the country or whether any were held there in the past
> couple of years.

How long does it take for a state to fly someone out of their country?

And unless someone *admits* to being in al Qaeda, the statement holds
true ... they are just "suspected" al Qaeda or simply "enemy combatants"
being tortured until they sign anything in front of them ...