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Germany: ok of the parliament to sending 300 soldiers in the AWACS missions in Afghanistan

Berlin, Germany - The intervention will serve to lighten the burdens of the allies involved in Libya

The "Bundestag" (German parliament) has today approved the sending of 300 men to be used for the operation of the AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System), spy planes of the NATO that monitor the air space in Afghanistan. The center-right coalition led by Angela Merkel chose to do in this way to lighten the burdens of the allies involved in the NATO mission in Libya, an operation which Germany...

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Rome, Italy, 03/25/2011 18:36
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