Re: GERMANY'S MILITARY TO TAKE ON GLOBAL ROLE...

Oh, -Shit-.


BERLIN (Reuters) - Two Israeli warplanes and a German navy vessel have
clashed off the Lebanese coast, the Defense Ministry in Berlin said on
Wednesday without giving further details.

Germany daily Der Tagesspiegel earlier on Wednesday quoted a junior German
defense minister as telling a parliamentary committee that two Israeli F-16
fighters flew low over the German ship and fired two shots.

The jets also released infra-red countermeasures to ward off any rocket
attack, the paper quoted him as saying.

The minister did not say when the incident happened or what had caused it,
the paper said.

"I can confirm that there was an incident," a ministry spokesman told
Reuters on Wednesday.

An investigation was underway and he therefore was unable to provide further
information, he added.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was checking the report.

Germany assumed command of a United Nations naval force off the coast of
Lebanon 10 days ago and has sent a force of eight ships and 1,000 service
personnel to join the international peace operation in the region.

The naval force is charged with preventing weapons smuggling and helping
maintain a ceasefire between Israel and radical Lebanese-based Islamic group
Hezbollah.


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"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
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> What a -great- time it is to be alive.
>
> ==============
>
> Germany in radical shake-up of military
>
> By Hugh Williamson in Berlin
>
> Published: October 24 2006 22:17 | Last updated: October 24 2006 22:17
>
> Germany will on Wednesday adopt the most radical restructuring of its
> military since 1945, turning the Bundeswehr into an international
> intervention force, according to an internal cabinet strategy paper
> obtained by the Financial Times.
>
> The paper, which will be endorsed at a special cabinet meeting in the
> defence ministry, is the product of a review - the first of its kind since
> 1994 - begun by Angela Merkel, chancellor, after she won office last
> November. It will see Germany's military officially abandon its primary
> postwar task of defending the country's borders in favour of a more robust
> role for German troops on international missions.
>
> The military's most sensitive international deployment since the second
> world war came this month when the German navy took control of patrolling
> Lebanese waters to stop weapons smugglers. The military has taken part in
> other international missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo, for example, but
> has largely avoided direct involvement in war zones.
>
> The 133-page strategy paper argues that the capacity of the Bundeswehr
> must be expanded to allow for the deployment of a total of 14,000 troops
> to five international missions simultaneously.
>
> This will be achieved by drawing troops previously deployed on national
> defence into units involved in staffing or supporting overseas missions.
>
> The Bundeswehr has about 250,000 military personnel, including about
> 50,000 conscripts. About 9,000 troops are currently overseas in
> Afghanistan, Kosovo, Congo and elsewhere.
>
> The paper confirms conscription will be retained.
>
> Henning Riecke, European security specialist at Berlin's DGAP foreign
> policy institute, said the paper will "give German policymakers a way of
> handing increasing international pressure to join overseas missions".
>
> Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2006
>
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> 125 From: Popeye - view profile
> Date: Thurs, Aug 26 1999 12:00 am
> Email: buzcutt...@aol.com.Byteme (Popeye)
> Groups: rec.scuba
>
>
>>>>I knew that you guys are taught a slightly distorted picture of WWII
>>>>(just as probably every one else is), but I didn't realise that it was
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>*that* inaccurate.
>
>>Do you not think that answers your question ?
>
> Sooo... you agree that your nationalistic view of your country's role in
> the
> war is as prejudicial as ours may be
>
> P.S. Now that the two Germanys are once again united, I hope... you are
> REAL
> good freinds with them...
>
>
> --
> Popeye
> It was when Lucifer first congratulated
> himself upon his angelic behavior that he
> became the tool of evil. -Hammarskjöld
> www.finalprotectivefire.com
>
>
>
>

"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
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> Oh, -Shit-.

They'll be bummed out, they get into it with the yids...