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DUESSELDORF, Germany - An Afghan mayor who fled to Germany said she would work in her host country to draw attention to the plight of those left behind who are living in fear of Taliban militants running Afghanistan. Zarifa Ghafari, who was one of the country's first female mayors in Maidan Shahr west of Kabul until the Taliban seized power last week, thanked the German government and people for "saving" her life and that of her family. "I am just here to raise the voice of those 99% of people in Afghanistan who are not able to come out of...

In October 1914, over 5 million Belgians faced starvation. The German Army had invaded on August 4 and swept across the country in three weeks. Revisionist historians would later snicker about "atrocities" invented by the British, but the Kaiser's troops executed over 5,500 Belgians, women and children as well as men, though there was no civilian resistance to the invasion. Over 2 million refugees fled to Holland, France, and Britain. The Germans requisitioned all grain, flour, livestock, fruit, and vegetables. They seized the railroads, canals, all motor vehicles, and telegraph and telephone lines, and removed machinery from factories. The economy...

So far the news is only in German language. To sum it up... because German lefties and enviros succesfully protested a military testing area ("Bombodrom") a center-right German state prime minister (Wulff of Lower Saxonia) suggested testing bombardments and ordninance in Alaska. Key quote:"It doesn't have to be necessairly in Germany." This is insane. They can't test for their own military in their own country because of some enviromentalists? Were do they want to maneuver in Alaska? ANWR? Here an online Translation (probably with several mistranslations):

A video aired on German TV has shown an army recruit on firing practice being ordered to pretend he was in New York's Bronx facing hostile African Americans. In the grainy 90-second video, the instructor tells the soldier to swear as he fires his gun. US civil rights leader, Al Sharpton, said it was outrageous to depict blacks as "target practice". New York officials say they are saddened and frustrated that the Bronx district is depicted so negatively. "Clearly these folks don't know anything about African-Americans or the Bronx," said Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrion Jnr, who recently returned from...

Berlin - A scandal in Germany surrounding the alleged abuse of army recruits by their officers widened on Friday when the government revealed it had been informed of at least one other case. A total of 20 non-commissioned officers and a captain are already under investigation by prosecutors in the western city of Muenster, accused of mistreating 80 of their charges at a barracks in Coesfeld, at least half of whom were doing national service. But the army's representative in the Bundestag lower house of parliament, Willfried Penner, has been informed of more accusations of mistreatment, his spokesperson Guido Large...

Received this in an email today, folks. Thought many of you might appreciate it. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you have worn the uniform this one will get you!!! A little background - The German Army is at Gates of all military installations in Germany providing entry control on a 24 X 7 basis to relieve US Forces that are in middle east.. A different perspective on our German allies. Our governments may be at odds over Iraq Policy - but Military understands Military Here are our Allies! Sunday, 30 March 2003 As usual I was running late. So, you can imagine my...

The German Defence Minister has announced that the number of German soldiers stationed in the Balkans will be reduced this year, just as the Parliament has extended the German peacekeeping mission in Macedonia. Germany's Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping is well known for putting his foot in his mouth and landing in diplomatic muddles. True to his style, his latest announcement that German troops in the Balkans will be slashed drastically this year comes close on the heels of the Parliament's decision that German soldiers will continue to participate in the Nato peace mission "Amber Fox" in Macedonia for another three...