October 03, 2007

Polish Ambassador Injured In Baghdad Bombing

A car bomb hit a convoy of three SUVs carrying Polish officials this morning in a downtown Baghdad neighborhood, wounding Ambassador Gen. Edward Pietrzyk and several security guards. A bodyguard and an Iraqi civilian were killed in the blast.

CNN reports that Pietrzyk is in stable condition at the U.S. military hospital in Baghdad, and officials in Warsaw said the ambassador was not seriously injured.

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said today that his country would not withdraw its force in response to the attack. Poland has between 900 and 1,000 troops in Iraq, and its president announced last year that it would extend its military commitment there in support of the U.S.

Posted at 8:50 AM
Posted to: Iraq, Middle East
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