Thursday, October 26, 2006

Watching Germany - Part 2

In a move likely to fuel controversy, German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung called Tuesday for troops to be deployed on homeland anti-terror missions if necessary.

In an address to the 5th Congress of European Defense, which is currently underway in Berlin, German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung said the difference between internal and external security was now so fluid that both elements had to be better "interlocked."

"The German armed forces must be deployed for domestic missions in cases where it is the only body with necessary capabilities," Jung said according to an advance text of his speech.

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