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Afghanistan
Germany to boost Afghan troop contingent
2008-02-10
BERLIN- The German government is planning to expand the number of soldiers it can send to Afghanistan by 1,000 to 4,500 and broaden their base of operation from the north to the west, Der Spiegel weekly reported on Saturday.

Without citing its sources, Der Spiegel said German Chancellor Angela Merkel planned to make the proposal at a NATO summit in April. The magazine said the measure was designed to deflect pressure from the United States to send German forces to the more dangerous south.
Check's in the mail. Honest.
Asked about the report, a spokesman for the German Defence Ministry noted that a parliamentary mandate, which puts an upper limit of German forces at 3,500, was valid until mid-October.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  How much fighting will they do? Not so very much, I think...

Quite a bit actually, during standard working hours (excepting reasonable lunch and break periods).
Posted by: DMFD   2008-02-10 20:10  

#4  Do they have an additional 1000 - 4000 beds to cower under?
Posted by: regular joe   2008-02-10 15:33  

#3  There is a dynamic at play in Germany of which I really not aware until recently. It seems the German left and MSM quickly jump on any polizei or government action involving East Euros, Turks, or gypsies, nearly any incident at all and label it police brutality, discrimintion, or re-emerging Nazi militarism. Some, obviously not all, of the anti-militarism and past reluctance to participate in the GWOT comes from this sector.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-02-10 15:30  

#2  Wonder what Gates said when the mikes were turned off.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-02-10 08:50  

#1  How much fighting will they do? Not so very much, I think...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2008-02-10 08:23  

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