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Translated from "Die Welt" News Ticker. This report is off the ticker now.

Berlin (dpa) The US has put investments in further expansion of their bases in Germany on hold. Reports "Welt am Sonntag". The paper sources a US Defense department Communiqué. The report indicates all unnecessary projects should be stopped. This affects construction projects for the US Air Force in Rhineland-Palatinate worth a figure of 100 million Euro. On US Airbase Ramstein five currently licensed projects worth 70 million Euro are questionable.

erschienen am 07.02.2003 um 22:12 Uhr © WELT.de

"Die Welt" News Ticker..

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Besides depriving the German economy of dollars now, this also sends the message that perhaps we question the wisdom of making a longer term military investment in Germany.

Something for them to ponder.