The mayor of Poland’s capital, Warsaw, is protesting against the new American anti-terror measures introduced at the beginning of January.
US authorities collect "biometric identifiers," such as fingerprints, in an inkless process, along with a digital photograph of the visitor and are not making an exception for the Mayor of Warsaw.
But as Poland is part of the coalition helping the US in Iraq, this requirement is being seen as an insult by many Polish people.
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