"German sailors must be empowered to board ships against the
will of their crew..."
What an outrage! Israel rapes Lebanon, and the EU responds by taking
away Lebanon's sovereignty. Punish the victim and reward the
aggressor.
It is time for us to start recognizing that Israel and the US are
simply the forward regiments of a much broader Western imperialist
agenda. "Peacekeeping missions" are simply the occupying forces that
follow in the wake of conquest.
rkm
See also: "France, Germany take aim at Syria"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060825/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictun_060825161111
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Berlin demands to board Lebanese ships
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
Aug. 26, 2006
German sailors must be empowered to board ships against the will of
their crew in order to stop arms smuggling to Lebanon, a senior
leader said in remarks released Saturday.
Germany is offering to patrol Lebanon's coast rather than send ground
troops as part of a UN peacekeeping force after the conflict between
Israel and Lebanon-based Hizbullah.
"To prevent arms smuggling from the sea, we need a robust mandate
that allows the navy to stop and check suspicious ships against their
will," vice-chancellor Franz Muentefering was quoted as saying in the
Tagesspiegel newspaper.
Muentefering said German forces faced a "serious" role in the UN
mission, which including an arms embargo against Hizbullah and other
militias.
"We cannot expect that arms suppliers will see it as a friendly act
if German and other troops guard the coast and prevent their weapons
deliveries," he said in an interview released before its publication
Sunday.
However, he said he was confident that parliament as well as the
Cabinet would approve the mission - a requirement under German law.
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