Germany to send airlift planes to Sudan

Kellanved

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Fri Nov-12-04 08:11 AM
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Germany to send airlift planes to Sudan

BERLIN - The German government will seek parliamentary approval to send transport planes to Sudan to airlift African Union peacekeepers serving in the country, Defence Minister Peter Struck said on Thursday.

Struck told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that a parliamentary green light was needed because "danger to German soldiers cannot be ruled out."

The African Union (AU) has asked for European Union aid in deploying some 3,000 peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.
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Fri Nov-12-04 08:46 AM
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1. The Germans are willing to directly help everywhere but in Iraq

I wonder why.

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