Nowhere Is Safe in Iraq: Polish Envoy

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Nowhere Is Safe in Iraq: Polish Envoy
By Yoon Won-sup
Staff Reporter

Poland's top envoy in South Korea on Wednesday said there is no safe place for troops dispatched to Iraq, based on his country's nine-month-long experience in the war-torn country.

``It is unrealistic that you can go to places like Iraq and find safe locations,'' Polish Ambassador to Seoul Tadeusz Chomicki said in an interview with The Korea Times on Tuesday.

With mounting concerns over the security of South Korean troops to be dispatched to Iraq, many Koreans are wondering about the real situation in the country, especially in a southern region where Seoul is likely to send its soldiers as part of an international coalition to help out in reconstruction efforts.

``Somebody (here) believes that by sending troops to one place rather than another, casualties can be avoided. However, that's unrealistic,'' Chomicki said.

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http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200403/kt2004032416281510220.htm

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1. Sound familiar?

According to the Korean ambassador:
"The students who demonstrate against the Korean troop dispatch must remember and understand they only can demonstrate freely against the war in Iraq because many international soldiers died for freedom and for what Korea is today."