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| | Anxious Poland may follow Spain's lead | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited |
 | | Poland's prime minister, Leszek Miller, said he was considering a retreat from Iraq and conceded the decision by the new Spanish government to pull out was a problem - a view echoed by the conservative Australian prime minister, John Howard. |
 | | Australia has 800 servicemen and women in Iraq, while Poland has 2,400 and is in command of 9,500 soldiers from 23 countries, including Spain, in the south-central sector that has witnessed an intense insurgency recently. |
 | | Zbigniew Siemiakowski, Poland's intelligence chief, did not help calm anxiety, saying: "We have untested structures and zero experience in reacting to such events. |
| www.guardian.co.uk /Iraq/Story/0,2763,1200397,00.html (597 words) |
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