News / What really happened at the Krakow restaurant? [53]

Jews claims that the Polish waiters and waitresses told them to get out, Poles claim that they were Jews planted there to stir up trouble and anti semitism, what really happened???

'A group of Jews patronizing a restaurant in Krakow said they were verbally and physically attacked by waiters.

The anti-Semitic and racist comments allegedly were made over the weekend at the Moment restaurant during the Polish city's Jewish Culture Festival. The group was from Poland, Israel and Germany.

Uwe von Seltmann said his group came to meet friends who were sitting at a table in front of the restaurant.

"Immediately after our arrival I heard the words 'f***ing Jews' and something like 'we'll not serve you' spoken by a waiter," von Seltmann said. "The four members of staff were in general very unfriendly, and their body language showed that they would not serve us."

A member of the group went inside the restaurant to complain about the slurs, which led to a verbal confrontation, von Seltmann told JTA. Following the complaint, a waiter threw an object at a female member of the group.

The group then left the restaurant and, according to von Seltmann, someone told them to "Go back to Israel."

Moment manager Sebastian Wojnar said he would punish the staff involved in the altercations.

"We are an open place that promotes dialogue between cultures and nations," he said.'

News / New uniforms for Polish Army [30]

The Polish Army is introducing new uniforms for it's troops. However there is almost no change to the camouflage (apart from a little darkening of the greens) the chevrons will be removed, and the material will be half cotton half polyester. 'Deputy editor of the monthly "New Military Technology" (Nowa Technika Wojskowa) Michael Sitarski pointed out that the new uniforms will not have a changed camouflage. According to Sitarski it's outdated and inefficient, such is due to the repetition of the pattern, making it easier to detect, and a bad choice of colors (there isn't enough contrast and black is being used, a color which doesn't appear in nature). - If we introduce a new uniform, it is a very good opportunity to begin to introduce a new camouflage, which still needs to be introduced in the future - said Sitarski.' I share Mr. Sitarski view, the camouflage is outdated, everyone (US Army, Germany, Russia (paratroopers) is using digital, wrong colors, chevrons removed for what?? to make the soldier look like he's playing paintball? The incompetence of the wrong people put in charge of this succeeded in making the Polish soldier look like a hick.

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USA, Canada / Golota facing deportation back to Poland [30]

'Golota pleaded guilty in a 2006 Cook County involving a dozen firearms found in his home. Golota's firearm owner's identification card was temporarily revoked at the time. He also pleaded guilty in Will County in 2003 to impersonating a police officer. Golota was accused of flashing an honorary New Jersey police badge when he was pulled over in the Chicago suburbs.' The decision for this case is expected in September.

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