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Skull scandal 'disgusts' Germany
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/25/germany.afghan/ ^

Posted on 10/25/2006 11:36:08 AM PDT by kronos77

Edited on 10/26/2006 10:04:02 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called photos of German soldiers in Afghanistan playing with a skull "shocking and disgusting," and Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung said those involved will be dealt with harshly.

One image was published on the cover of the national tabloid Bild, under the words "Schock Fotos."


(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; germany; muslimoutrage; skull; totenkopf; un; yorlick
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1 posted on 10/25/2006 11:36:08 AM PDT by kronos77
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In the picture, a soldier seems to be slightly smirking as he poses with the skull in his raised right hand.

He was just practicing for the lead in "Hamlet."

2 posted on 10/25/2006 11:36:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Another picture shows a soldier holding the skull near his exposed penis.

To wee, or not to wee....

3 posted on 10/25/2006 11:38:02 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: kronos77
I bet this same source saw absolutely nothing wrong with showing the burned bodies of westerners dangling from a bridge...
4 posted on 10/25/2006 11:38:50 AM PDT by null and void (Age and experience -- It makes no sense to get one without the other. - Sundog)
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Soldiers at play.....Nothing to see here Merkle, so move along........

For a society that digs up it's dead and piles all the bones in a "Bone House", the behavior should not be disturbing.

5 posted on 10/25/2006 11:50:40 AM PDT by Cold Heat (Turnout is critical! I have voted! How about you?)
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To: dfwgator
I knew him, Horatio...
6 posted on 10/25/2006 11:51:45 AM PDT by LIConFem (Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
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To: kronos77

They're only upset because it wasn't a Jew.


7 posted on 10/25/2006 11:52:46 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: null and void

To be fair, I think that these guys should and will be punished. They harm our interests and increase the risk for our soldiers in the region. We know that Muslims love unjust revange, so it´s good not to cause unnecessary anger. The media however should not make up these "scandals" that big so that the last Muzzy learns what happened.


8 posted on 10/25/2006 11:53:03 AM PDT by Michael81Dus
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To: Bon mots

Ouch!


9 posted on 10/25/2006 11:53:43 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Michael81Dus

True.


10 posted on 10/25/2006 11:54:57 AM PDT by null and void (Age and experience -- It makes no sense to get one without the other. - Sundog)
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To: null and void
I bet this same source saw absolutely nothing wrong with showing the burned bodies of westerners dangling from a bridge...

BINGO!

11 posted on 10/25/2006 11:56:34 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Tijeras_Slim

`Hermann the One-Eyed German'?


12 posted on 10/25/2006 12:00:54 PM PDT by tumblindice (Achtung!)
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To: kronos77

Why is CNN the only one carrying this story via google?


13 posted on 10/25/2006 12:12:29 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: kronos77

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE


14 posted on 10/25/2006 12:15:00 PM PDT by John Will
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To: Bon mots

That comment doesn't really tell me anything about Germans ...It does tell me something about the sort of person who would make it, though.


15 posted on 10/25/2006 12:15:10 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: kronos77
Sad, but every army has its mavericks.

Such is human nature.

In every forest there are rotting trees.

16 posted on 10/25/2006 12:18:12 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
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To: dfwgator
"He was just practicing for the lead in "Hamlet."

Hysterical!!!

LMBO.

17 posted on 10/25/2006 12:18:33 PM PDT by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
"To wee, or not to wee...."

I knew him well, fellatio.

18 posted on 10/25/2006 12:19:37 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Lucky you! :D


19 posted on 10/25/2006 12:20:34 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: John Will
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

I hate you for forcing me to do that, and you know you did.

20 posted on 10/25/2006 12:47:10 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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