Poland's Defense Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said today that General Edward Gruszka would command some 2,000 soldiers from 12 countries.
The troops are based in the city of Al-Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad, in a densely populated, predominantly Shi-ite region.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski last month gave his authorization for Polish troops to remain in Iraq until the end of 2006.
(AFP)