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Fri 10 Oct 2008Court told Poland's 1981 state of martial law a necessary evil that averted disaster
POLAND:Poland's last communist leader, Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski, told a court yesterday his decision in 1981 to declare martial law was a necessary "evil" that averted disaster and prepared the way for democracy.
At the third hearing in his long-delayed trial, Gen Jaruzelski (85) also said the case brought against him and seven other communist-era officials was biased and politically motivated.
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