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Brit Troops in contact - Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan http://www.michaelyon-online.com/ Read them all.

A question — Whose ROE will the Germans follow? Hope for their lives it’s not ours!

[Jonny foreigner]

A question — Whose ROE will the Germans follow? Hope for their lives it’s not ours!

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i don´t know where you come from but believe me “your” rules of engagement can not be more worst like “ours”. (this would be really impossible). i was on duty with german troops (we had far the same rules of engagement). believe me “official” all but giving a little kid a hug was prevented.
greetings

[Jonny foreigner]

btw. i hope for the german troops that they now changed the ROE. but when i was in afghanistan (some years ago) our ROE have been pretty the same like the germans. this means. You are allowed to return fire if some shoots at you (well at least our politicians didn´t send us in with blanks :-). you are not allowed to shoot someone if he is “only” armed or points a weapon into your dirrection as long as he doesn´t start to fire on you (but you are allowed to warn them). you are not allowed to shoot someone who is running away to fight again on an other day “don´t confuse this with someone who is willing to surrender because this would be illegal in all western armies” (even if he fired on you before)... but then again this are “official” rules politicians tell the press and the public... reality looks different