Polish PM says to probe CIA prison allegations

WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz
Marcinkiewicz said on Saturday he will commission an
investigation into allegations that the CIA detained suspected
terrorists at secret prisons in Poland.

“I will order an investigation at all possible locations,
to determine whether there is any evidence at all that such
events took place on our territory,” Marcinkiewicz said in
remarks carried on private television channel TVN 24.

“This matter must finally be closed, because it could prove
dangerous for Poland,” he added.

Poland has repeatedly denied the allegations and the United
States has declined to comment on the reports from U.S.-based
Human Rights Watch, which have caused controversy on both sides
of the Atlantic.

Poland is one of Washington’s leading allies in Europe,
where it irked EU heavyweights Germany and France by sending
troops to join the U.S.-led war in Iraq.