Polish Special Forces in action- YEAH!!!

[Piotr]

Well, I am SOOOOOOO proud to be Polish-American (well, Polish citizen residing in the US, really, but after 20 years here..).

Reuters posted about a week ago photos of the Polish Special Forces posing under the picture of Saddam with the American flag in Umm Qasir and transfering Iraqi prisoners capturd on the oil platform to the US Rangers. To the ones of you now snickering ("Polish Special Ops- what to they do-fly backwards?" etc). Polish Special Forces named "Grom" ( loose translation-"sound of thunder", but really named after the Polish General who commanded uprising of Polish underground in Warsaw in 1944) and the Navy commando "Formoza" (historic name) were created in 1990 to specifically operate with the US Navy SEALS, British SAS, and German SGS special forces . They were supported and trained by the US government (Read Delta Force and Navy SEALS), they trained and use the same equipment as the US forces and are considered to be an integral part of the best NATO units (see above).

Their part in active combat (they took an oil platform, they actively interdict the boat traffic on the Euphrat River, and are in action in southern Iraq) was supposed to be secret, but Reuters posted their pictures all over Europe, so the secret is out. And since then I hear "US, British, Australian, Polish, and other Coalition forces" every day. This weekend alone I heard : The Pres, Condie Rice, General Franks, General Myers, and two FoxNews experts specifically and separately either praise or just mention the role of Polish guys in Iraq.


Needless to say, there are flags of TWO nations flying outside my house tonight (I leave them overnight- my electric bill is gonna kill me...)