Germany Reiterates Opposition to Sending Troops to Iraq
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The German government has reiterated its opposition to sending troops to Iraq, after a top German official suggested otherwise. A spokesman for German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said the German leader told
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LONDON : German Defence Minister Peter Struck appeared in an interview with Britain&#39;s Financial Times newspaper to soften his country&#39;s stance on Iraq, hinting that Germany might deploy troops if conditions there change.
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France and Belgium, two of the most vocal critics of the US war in Iraq, would not agree Friday to a planned expansion of NATO&#39;s military training mission in Iraq, but
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BERLIN  - German officials voiced concern Monday that their country has the most to lose with President George W. Bush's announcement that tens of thousands of troops will return to the United States over the next decade.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reasserted Germany's right to disagree with the United States over Iraq, adding that it would be wrong to interpret his country's opposition to the war as anti-Americanism.
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The White House said Friday it would oppose any attempt by Senate Democrats to revoke the 2002 Congressional resolution authorizing the war in Iraq
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on  Wednesday ruled out sending German troops to Iraq after his  defense minister said a deployment could be possible in the  future.
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In a possible softening of its strict non-deployment policy in Iraq, Germany&#39;s defense minister said he could not rule out sending troops there in the future.
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Germany's defense minister suggested Wednesday that his country might one day consider a deployment in Iraq, but the German government played down the remarks, saying it won't budge from its refusal to send troops.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder renewed his firm opposition to deploying troops to Iraq, a spokesman said, slapping down hints at a change in policy from his defense minister.
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House Democrats today unveiled a tightly worded resolution of opposition to President Bush's Iraq war plans, declaring that Congress "disapproves of the decision" to deploy more than 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops to Iraq.
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U.S. House of Representatives Democrats unveiled a resolution on Monday opposing a troop buildup in Iraq, setting up a confrontation this week over President George W. Bush's war strategy.
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter  Steinmeier criticised the United States on Sunday in a rare  public rebuke for failing to inform Russia of an offer to build  an anti-missile base on Polish soil.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended Germany's troop deployment in Afghanistan, even as a kidnapped German was found dead there and government officials warned the country is facing a higher risk of terrorist attacks.
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Germany&#39;s defense minister suggested Wednesday that his country might one day send troops to Iraq, but Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder played down those remarks and said it would not happen.
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The nonbinding resolution opposes the administrationâs plan to increase the number of troops in Iraq.
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War is not an option against Iran and no  one expects the standoff over Iran's nuclear program to lead to  an "Iraq-like confrontation," German Foreign Minister Joschka  Fischer was quoted as saying on Wednesday.