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| German court rejects hijack law |
| 2006-02-15 |
| Germany's constitutional court has scrapped a law allowing the military to shoot down passenger planes suspected of being hijacked for terror attacks. The judge found that the law infringed the right to life and human dignity. The government of former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder proposed the law in the wake of the 11 September attacks on the US in 2001. President Horst Koehler approved the controversial measure last year but urged the court to review it. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 I sense a class action law suit against the estate of Todd Beamer next. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-02-15 14:31 |
| #5 Typical TRANZI thinking. Europe is doomed. Doomed. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-15 14:26 |
| #4 I hear they left in an exception for if the aircraft is supected of heading for a courthouse. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-02-15 11:29 |
| #3 Germany's constitutional court has scrapped a law allowing the military to shoot down passenger planes suspected of being hijacked for terror attacks. "Suspected"? Well, I guess the intent isn't quite clear until the attack has already been conducted, whereupon the plane can then be shot down.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-15 09:27 |
| #2 It's much more dignified to die in a fiery crash that kills thousands instead of merely a couple of hundred. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-02-15 09:22 |
| #1 First they pay off kidnappers, now this? Angela Merkel has some work to do. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-02-15 07:19 |