Poland slams US for aid shortage

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Dissension in the ranks? or maybe just looking for the exit.

A senior Polish defence official has criticised the United States for failing to provide enough military aid to Poland, which has 2500 troops in Iraq.

Deputy Defence Minister Janusz Zemke told the International Herald Tribune in an interview published on Monday that his country's troop contribution to Iraq has prevented it from financing modernisation of its armed forces.

Poland is the fifth-largest troop contributor to the US-led forces in Iraq after the US, Britain, Italy and South Korea.

Other countries in the "coalition of the willing" which sent small numbers of troops to Iraq had received similar funding to that of Poland, Zemke complained.

al Jazeera

[JuniorPlankton]

1. OMG

We forgot about Poland!

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2. Duplicate

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