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Prayers, protests at Polish general’s funeral

By Monika Scislowska
Published May 30, 2014 2:05pm ET
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Prayers, protests at Polish general’s funeral
Protesters, holding photos of victims of the communist regime shout slogans against the late Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski in front of the military cathedral during a Catholic Mass for Jaruzelski, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 30, 2014. Jaruzelski, who died last week, imposed martial law on Poland in 1981 in an attempt to crush Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement but eight years later he allowed the peaceful dismantling of the Soviet-backed system. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) | Alik Keplicz

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Former opponents and supporters of Poland’s last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, laid him to rest with honors Friday, while noisy protesters underscored the nation’s ambivalence about the man who imposed military rule in 1981.

Former Presidents Lech Walesa and Bronislaw Komorowski attended the Catholic funeral Mass for Jaruzelski in a Warsaw military cathedral.

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