Tuesday, 15 September 2009


The principle of interference 
16/09/2009
BEIJING / BERLIN 
(Own report) - Accompanied by a sharp German criticism of human rights violations in Central Asia, the EU has continued its cooperation on yesterday Tuesday negotiations with the local states.The talks, which aim to follow one of Berlin in 2007 enforced the "EU-Central Asia" strategy, designed to secure the German-European influence in the resource areas on the Caspian Sea. This is also attributed to significant geo-strategic importance. Because of their efforts to cooperate, the federal government had ignored despite the opposition of several EU countries, serious violations of human rights, among other things for years in Uzbekistan. Berlin government advisers now warn the influence of China in Central Asia and take to prevent a close connection of the states of Europe. Indeed, Beijing's efforts to achieve secure access to Central Asian resources to significant successes. Berlin increased its pressure and uses alleged human rights abuses in order to improve his own position. 
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Where does the journey 
15/09/2009
BERLIN 
(Own report) - Savings for the expansion of Deutsche Bahn cause significant losses on the S-Bahn in Berlin. For the second time this year, technical defects lead to the closure of numerous features, the S-Bahn in the capital is nearly collapsed. Unlocking the cause of the technical shortcomings are significant staff reductions - at the Berlin S-Bahn workshops by 40 percent - that the money should be to enable new features including new acquisitions of Deutsche Bahn abroad. In fact, the DB urban GmbH, the immediate parent of the Berlin S-Bahn expands, just as the whole group to control the future profits that the foreign public transport in the German corporate headquarters. The whole group is pushing especially the cooperation with Russian Railways and struggles are also in Middle East to gain a strong position. Recent reports indicate that the German Railways in the United States can hope for lucrative business: There are billions of funding through the "stimulus packages" for construction and operation of high-speed lines.
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Killer Teams 
14/09/2009
KABUL / BERLIN / WASHINGTON 
(Own report) - clashes in Berlin accompany the debate surrounding the establishment of a German officer ordered massacre of Kunduz. While the Federal Government any criticism of the nightly shelling of two tank trucks seeking to stifle States and allied forces with diplomatic action to recruit more critical statements, government advisers argue for a more open debate on the killing of civilians. A " 'clean war'," it would "not be in Afghanistan ', which would you say" open ", asks an employee of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) and also demanded a discussion on" the question of the end of the ISAF Mission. Such a debate, as it is pushing ahead with even the German foreign minister, has already begun in the U.S., Washington should begin sooner or later, his retreat, Berlin must follow.Alternatives to a complete withdrawal will be discussed in the U.S., but also in military circles in Germany.Thus, the war could be continued with ongoing attacks on Afghanistan from outside the country, Special Forces ( "killer teams") come with targeted strikes against insurgents used. 
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Welcome to the War (II) 
11/09/2009
BERLIN / COLOGNE 
(Own report) - With an enhanced television ARD Berlin shortly before the election its domestic propaganda for the war effort in Afghanistan. The film "Death of a Friend," which aired on prime time from next Wednesday is public television, was developed in close cooperation with the armed forces - just like the previous production, "Welcome Home" at the beginning of the year was shown. The two films are alike and thematically: Do not deal with the German soldiers deployed in Afghanistan as the perpetrators of the German war policy to implement, but as victims of wartime mental illness. Linked to this is the call to the German population, the Afghan fighters to be regarded as "heroes" and give them entgegenzubringen special appreciation and affection. Simultaneously, the Ministry of Defense is trying to win civilian psychotherapist for the treatment of war-traumatized soldiers - and hits the determined resistance: More than 200 therapists recently declared not to be exploited for the German war policy. 
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Culture War 
10/09/2009
WASHINGTON / BERLIN 
(Own report) - German transatlanticist warn against speculation about a global loss of power of the United States. The decline of the United States had been predicted many times before, says a recent article in the journal "International Politics", published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). The economic, but especially the military head of Washington's position could be obtained in the long run neither Europe nor China. Their very specific "war culture" makes the United States to world power out of necessity ", for example," punish any country, "reaches into the Near and Middle East," according to the regional hegemony. " "Europe", where "the armies no longer the object of national pride" were, could not keep up with it. The text, which also appears in the leading U.S. journal "Foreign Affairs" is a warning of the transatlantic establishment of forces gaining strength in Berlin, Germany and the EU want to charge with an agreement between West and East oscillating saw policy for an independent world power.
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Off the coast of Yemen 
09/09/2009
SANAA / BERLIN 
(Own report) - After the massacre in Kunduz has killed the armed forces for the first time in the Horn of Africa a man. When shooting a fleeing boat by German soldiers, an inmate was fatally wounded. The military suspects the man who was shot near the port city of Al Mukalla (Yemen), to pursue piracy. While German naval vessels patrolling off the Yemeni coast for years, wreaking havoc in the country a civil war that German interests are now also affected. It is said that the rebels were supported by Iran and strengthened its influence. In addition, Islamist terrorists benefited from the weakness of the central government, and used increasingly as a springboard to Yemen and rear base for their activities in the Arabian Peninsula. Berlin fights Islamist forces not only with so-called development projects, but also supports the Yemeni police. In addition, the Bundeswehr a "consultative group has" in the country and has been trying for years to initiate a cooperation between the navies of both countries. 
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The Automacht 
08/09/2009
DETROIT / RÜSSELSHEIM 
(Own report) - Intense rivalries within Europe to accompany the German-American-war for control of the car manufacturer Opel. Berlin struggles with power to compel the U.S. parent company General Motors to sell the Opel majority to the Austro-Russian alliance Magna to Sberbank.Britain, Spain and Poland brace themselves against it because the deal with a significant reduction of its Opel's production capacity would be connected - with further concentration of the European automotive industry in Germany. Washington can be achieved through deals with London, Madrid and Warsaw, Opel, General Motors Corporation reserve and prevent a German-Russian passage in the automotive industry, it is said just before the GM board meeting that starts today, in which the future of the Opel works on the agenda. The national power struggle for Opel, the German trade unions are also available - with a substantial wage cut in the event that the future job cuts will mainly diverted to other colleagues in other European countries. 
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The bombing of Kunduz 
07/09/2009
KUNDUZ / BERLIN 
(Own report) - The Defense Minister said the massacre last Friday in Kunduz to be justified and denied the deaths of civilians. U.S. press reports indicate that during the shooting of two tanker trucks, which was ordered by a German officer, more than 120 people have died, including many civilians.The act, which must be classified as a serious war crime, they should also confirm some of the evidence known so far, is heavily criticized internationally, including foreign ministers from several close allies. Berlin and the army have any criticism of the massacre categorically. There go the complainants solely a matter of "pulling the Germans in the corner of evil," said a German officer. Claims of German military rearmament be feared more casualties among Afghan civilians. 
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International class war 
04/09/2009
BERLIN / BRUXELLES / PARIS 
(Own report) - The European Union is planning to expand military operations to lock and battle fortress Europe against poverty, refugees from the south. This information comes from a recent study of official foreign and security policy think-tank the European Union (EU Institute for Security Studies, ISS) appears. Accordingly, should the stabilization of the "global class society is" the "entire spectrum of high-intensity combat actions" to apply. The necessary upgrading measures described by the German head of the EU Defense Agency: Building a fleet of helicopters for counterinsurgency in developing countries, new steps for total surveillance of the oceans, the use of unmanned combat aircraft ( "UAV"). As stated in the ISS, is replaced in the implementation of the civil defense program to provide know-how for military applications, a central issue. 
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Also in the future purely national 
03/09/2009
PARIS / BERLIN 
(Own report) - with considerable skepticism Watch Berlin government advisor current restructuring of the Parisian cultural policy. The "global significance of the French language and culture" was "understood for some time now in decline," according to a recently published analysis of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). France, which bases its position in world politics for centuries on the cultural influence, seeking to reverse this trend now, and invest significant resources. New tensions with Germany in the offing. Thus, the future focus areas of the Parisian cultural expansion match - the booming countries in East Asia and Middle East - the areas where Berlin also strives for greater influence. Paris refuses to continue to subject its cultural policy of the EU - and thus also German supervision - that complained DGAP.Berlin in turn give impetus to the expansion of culture and strive for national competitive advantages, compared to France. The latest funding is a program of the Foreign Office, the young people as part of a voluntary social year cost is in the service of German influence global politics. 
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