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| Schroeder stands by decision to sell armoured vehicles to Iraq | |
| 2004-10-04 | |
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is standing by his decision to deliver armoured troop transport tanks to Iraq despite criticism of his Greens coalition partner, a spokesman said Monday. Germany will deliver 20 Fuchs (fox) armoured personnel carriers to the Iraqi armed forces, said Schroeder's deputy spokesman Thomas Steg. "We will not take back the decision. The delivery will take place," said Steg who dismissed calls by the Greens at the weekend to bar arms sales to Iraq by underlining that such systems were crucial to building up Iraq's security forces. Schroeder strongly opposed the Iraq war and has rejected sending German troops to serve in the country.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #16 I see nothing contradictory about the Germans selling arms to Iraq now. Yeah, it's not like it was a problem before, when Hussein was running the show. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-04 4:10:22 PM |
| #15 LH - nu pogodi! |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-04 4:08:51 PM |
| #14 They ain't got none. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-10-04 2:53:49 PM |
| #13 Have you found the Belgians' morals? I understand they are looking for them. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-04 2:45:06 PM |
| #12 I understand from another article I read someplace this am, that Iraq is also buying military equipment from Belgium. An old saying I just made up... "If you can't find their morals, find their greed" |
| Posted by: Grorong Jorong5743 2004-10-04 2:40:11 PM |
| #11 There was an article in Expatica about this last week. Germany is sending them to the UAE, where the Iraqi troops are training. UAE is picking up the shipping costs. A win-win situation, except for the antiwar folks... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-10-04 2:28:56 PM |
| #10 its still 20 more than the Russians have sent ;) |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-10-04 2:28:53 PM |
| #9 TGA, I hope you did not infer that I meant otherwise. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-04 2:28:36 PM |
| #8 Why don't they send 100 more? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-04 2:25:28 PM |
| #7 They are actually very good and exactly what is needed in Iraq. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-04 2:24:13 PM |
| #6 The other big difference is that German armored vehicles do not come with an Automatic Surrender Package standard. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-04 2:21:25 PM |
| #5 Well business is business, true. But there is a major difference between France and Germany when it comes to Iraq. Germany doesn't want the U.S. to fail in Iraq. It wants Iraq to become a stable state, not a failed one. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-04 2:07:52 PM |
| #4 So THAT'S what "fuchs" means! |
| Posted by: Chicago Mike 2004-10-04 2:07:27 PM |
| #3 I see nothing contradictory about the Germans selling arms to Iraq now. They have no problems selling weapons to anyone and where more than happy to supply Iraq not only with arms before the last war but anything else they wanted such as dual purpose weapons technology and equipment. |
| Posted by: robi sen 2004-10-04 12:53:22 PM |
| #2 Trailing Wife - That was my line.... he he he |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-10-04 12:40:12 PM |
| #1 I suspect that in this situation, the troop carriers are more useful than the German troops would be ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-04 12:22:07 PM |