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2019-10-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Angela Merkel backs plan for a 'safe zone' for migrants in northern Syria which could be enforced by German troops

[MAIL] German chancellor Angela Merkel has thrown her support behind her defence minister's controversial plan for a 'safe zone' in northern Syria enforced by Western troops - possibly even German ones.

Merkel told conservative MPs that the idea was 'very promising, even if there are many questions', sources in the parliamentary party said.

The chancellor's decision to welcome a million Syrian migrants in 2015 has tarnished her political standing at home, but the idea of a 'safe zone' has previously been mooted to reduce the outflow of refugees from the war-torn country.

But Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's plan has already met with resistance from Merkel's coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD).

One SPD member, Heiko Maas, told reporters the idea had provoked a 'certain degree of irritation' among NATO allies.

It is the first time Berlin has proposed a military mission in the Middle East.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-23 01:24|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top
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#1 "Civilians guarded by German soldiers"

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-23 02:08|| 2019-10-23 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 It is the first time Berlin has proposed a military mission in the Middle East.

Since the doomed Fliegerführer Irak.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-23 02:53|| 2019-10-23 02:53|| Front Page Top

#3 I believe I first saw the concept of a safe zone inside the third-world poop-pit at Rantburg. Maybe former poster True German Ally is still working for Angela?

Posted by Bobby 2019-10-23 09:59|| 2019-10-23 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Russia rejects German vision for security zone in northern Syria - RIA

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-23 13:04|| 2019-10-23 13:04|| Front Page Top

#5 реваншист!!

Posted by Lex 2019-10-23 13:12|| 2019-10-23 13:12|| Front Page Top

#6 😊

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-23 13:13|| 2019-10-23 13:13|| Front Page Top

#7 former poster True German Ally

I believe True German Ally died some years ago, Bobby. Recall, he survived both Nazi concentration camps and Soviet gulags, and was a friend of the future Pope Benedict XVI.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-10-23 13:14|| 2019-10-23 13:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Outstanding.

Let those ungrateful, freeloading assholes find out the real costs of meddling in the Middle East. Pay, pay, pay. Shed the blood of your own people.

And I'll be on the sidelines shouting "baby killing warmonger" the whole time. It's going to be glorious. Payback is a bitch.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-10-23 18:01|| 2019-10-23 18:01|| Front Page Top

#9 If Russia rejects, let Russian troops secure the dirt and sand.

Posted by ruprecht 2019-10-23 18:15|| 2019-10-23 18:15|| Front Page Top

#10 #8 - And I'll be on the sidelines shouting "baby killing warmonger" the whole time. It's going to be glorious. Payback is a bitch.
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Ima leting that spittle stay so everyone knows what a hateful twat you are (that don't know already)

Posted by Frank G 2019-10-23 20:12|| 2019-10-23 20:12|| Front Page Top

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