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Old 03.12.2012, 13:33   #1
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Default German Weapons for the World: How the Merkel Doctrine Is Changing Berlin Policy

Germany used to be extremely careful about where it exported its weapons. In recent years, however, Chancellor Angela Merkel has shown a preference for sending high-tech armaments abroad rather than German soldiers -- even if that means doing business with questionable regimes. <i>By SPIEGEL Staff</i>

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-870596.html
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Old 04.12.2012, 10:10   #2
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Default The German records.

In the past Germans built reinforced underground bunkers for Saddam Hussien.

While German companies (with almost a century of experience in mannufacturing lethal gases, incl. Cyclon B) have delivered him and his Chemical Ali components of binary chemical weapons, used, among other places, in Kurdish Halabja.
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Old 04.12.2012, 10:24   #3
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Default Oh, hypocricy!

DS: " Foreign Minister Westerwelle acts as a promoter of the German arms industry. He has in the past advocated arms shipments to Russia and Egypt in the Federal Security Council. Merkel, by contrast, was hesitant. But the foreign minister doesn't want to explain his position to the public."



Russia and Egypt being of course staunchly democratic countries strongly defending human rights of their citizens.
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