Polish ambassador wounded in Iraq assassination at

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Polish embassy is not even located in the Green Zone....

Polish ambassador wounded in Iraq assassination attempt

The Polish Ambassador to Iraq was wounded and one of his security guards killed after three roadside bombs exploded by his convoy in Baghdad today.

At least three more people were wounded, including a Polish guard, in the mid-morning attack, which took place a few hundred meters from the Polish Embassy, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence said. Police sources put the injury toll at between 11 and 14 and said that one civilian passer-by also died.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the Polish Prime Minister, moved quickly to reaffirm his country’s commitment to Iraq, saying that Poland would not withdraw its 1,000-strong troop contingent despite the attack.

"Desertion is always the worst option," Mr Kaczynski said. "This is a difficult situation, but those who became engaged and were there for years and then withdraw are making the worst possible mistake."
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2581674.ece

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Polish Embassy in Iraq was moved for safety reason

WARSAW, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Spokesman of the Polish Foreign Ministry Robert Szaniawski confirmed on Tuesday the Polish Embassyin Iraq was moved to a building in "Green zone" for temporary work in Baghdad out of safety consideration,.

Szaniawski told Xinhua that majority of staffs of the Polish Embassy were evacuated after diplomatic cars were attacked and the ambassador was wounded in the raid on last Wednesday. Only a few diplomats, including the charge d'affaires, were still in the original embassy.

After the bomb blasts near the embassy on Monday, all of the staffs were evacuated.

Szaniawski said the new embassy building approved by the Iraqi government was under decoration. The Polish Embassy would be moved officially to the new place in the "Green zone" in about two month, Szaniawski added.

Earlier on Tuesday, Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski talked about the evacuation of embassy staffs. Without indicating the detailed address, he only said that the embassy "now can't normally work beyond the 'Green zone'."

On the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, Kaczynski said that the final decision on the matter depended on Poland's allies and that Poland would probably had to wait until the result of presidential elections in the United States.

Since the outbreak of the Iraq war, the number of Polish troops in the country once reached 2,500 and currently is 900. More than twenty Polish servicemen have been killed in Iraq so far.