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| Merkel's Cabinet Backs German Military Deployment in Syria Fight |
| 2015-12-02 |
| [BLOOMBERG] German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... 's Cabinet approved deploying warplanes over Syria in the fight against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... , signaling solidarity with La Belle France after the terror attacks in Gay Paree. Merkel and senior ministers agreed at a special meeting last Thursday to send Tornado surveillance planes, a frigate to help protect La Belle France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, aerial refueling for French fighter jets and satellite data. The full Cabinet backed Germany's contribution on Tuesday, according to a government spokeswoman, who asked not be identified in line with official policy. The mission requires approval by Germany's lower house of parliament, which may hold a vote as early as this week. About 1,200 German troops will be deployed, General Volker Wieker, the head of the armed forces, was quoted as saying by Bild am Sonntag newspaper. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 From a few days back I thought they were talking about planes and 1200 landser. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-12-02 16:43 |
| #1 Recon and a frigate? Can't have to many of both I guess. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-12-02 16:42 |