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**preachadaq** · 10-02-2010, 05:07 PM

The parliamentary investigation in Berlin into an airstrike close to the german base at Kunduz in Northern Afghanistan, that killed 142 people, has begun. The affair has cost one minister, the army chief of staff and one deputy minister their jobs ( among other things for lying to the parliament and the public and trying to cover up the strike) and influenced the german Afghanistan debate very negatively, since it revealed the quite miserable failure of Germanys political leadership regarding the mission. Today the former Kunduz commander had to testify to the parliament in Berlin :

Testimony to Parliamentary Inquiry: German Officer Defends Controversial Afghanistan Air Strike - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

10-02-2010, 05:07 PM	#1
preachadaq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 413 Senior Member	German parliamentary investigation into Kunduz air strike The parliamentary investigation in Berlin into an airstrike close to the german base at Kunduz in Northern Afghanistan, that killed 142 people, has begun. The affair has cost one minister, the army chief of staff and one deputy minister their jobs ( among other things for lying to the parliament and the public and trying to cover up the strike) and influenced the german Afghanistan debate very negatively, since it revealed the quite miserable failure of Germanys political leadership regarding the mission. Today the former Kunduz commander had to testify to the parliament in Berlin : Testimony to Parliamentary Inquiry: German Officer Defends Controversial Afghanistan Air Strike - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
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