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Chancellor Merkel calls for closure of Guantanamo | 21 comments (21 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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I note Guantanamo was established in late 2001, thus Merkel condemned it four years too late - her hopefully calculating Atlanticism wasn't just Iraq.

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by DoDo on Mon Jan 9th, 2006 at 01:12:35 PM EST
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Well, better late than never, I guess. Let's she if she follows through and brings up the topic when she is in Washington. She has already set expectations now with the German press, so she risks a great deal of criticism at home if she doesn't address with with Bush.

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by DowneastDem (david.vickrey (at) post.harvard.edu) on Mon Jan 9th, 2006 at 02:27:02 PM EST
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but in late 2001, she was not in office. IMO, what counts is what she says as Chancellor.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Mon Jan 9th, 2006 at 04:32:46 PM EST
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OK, you meant that, then I'm most probably behind the news: did she say something significant about Iraq as chancellor? I read something before or after Christmas about vehemently denied claims of a German deployment to Iraq, but nothing more.

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by DoDo on Mon Jan 9th, 2006 at 04:49:32 PM EST
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no, I only meant her position on Guantanamo. Not on Iraq. Concerning Iraq, I can not remember her saying anything that implied a policy shift from Schröder's position. Which means: German troops stay out of Iraq, but they train Iraqi police in Kuwait; and vessels of the marine fleet patrol the western Indian Ocean along the Somalian coast.

by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Tue Jan 10th, 2006 at 07:39:58 AM EST
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