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| Germany, Jordan clash over immunity for German troops |
| 2017-08-28 |
| [DW] Jordan opposes calls from Berlin to grant immunity to German troops during their upcoming deployment, according to Der Spiegel magazine. The Gulf kingdom incorporates elements of Sharia law into its judiciary. The two countries are still negotiating the issue, with Germany already moving its military equipment into the new Jordanian base, Der Spiegel reported in its weekend edition. Germany is set to transfer its Tornado jets to Jordan from the A front man for the German defense ministry described the weekslong negotiations as "fruitful." "We already started the deployment ... and are expecting to be fully operational" by October, he told the AP news agency. Berlin has decided to move some 250 soldiers to Jordan in June, amid a diplomatic row with ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... . Ankara previously banned German politicians from visiting their troops in Incirlik. Germany is using their surveillance planes to aid the military action against the "Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... " in Syria. Jordan recognizes both Islamic and secular courts, although the jurisdiction of the Islamic courts is limited to issues such as family law and inheritance disputes. The country's secular courts often pass harsh sentences, including the death penalty, which is outlawed in Germany. Germany also serves as a host country for over 35,000 US troops. The US and Germany can both prosecute foreign soldiers, depending on the crime committed. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 The only reason Jordan exists is because - League of Nations mandate or not - the fair minded Britons could't bring themselves to turn that much territory over to the Jews (the original deplorable). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-28 02:54 |