“If we are to die, then under the Polish flag”. 20 years since the action in Karbala

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“If we are to die, then under the Polish flag”. 20 years since the action in Karbala

For several years in Poland there was no talk of it at all, although it is undoubtedly one of the loudest and most important battles involving Polish soldiers. It is exactly 20 years since the world-famous defense of City Hall, or the city hall in Karbala, Iraq. A Polish detachment, which was going to this country for a completely different purpose, then defended the building from the seizure of it by local rebels. On April 6, 2004, this almost …