Sunday, October 29, 2006

Berlin confirms second incident with Israeli planes off coast of Lebanon

The Daily Star - Politics - Berlin confirms second incident with Israeli planes off coast of Lebanon: "Merkel was quoted in Beirut's Al-Mustaqbal daily, which is owned by the late Premier Rafik Hariri's family, on Sunday as defending the presence of the Germany Navy off Lebanon.

'They are there to preserve the truce and Lebanon's sovereignty,' she told the paper

Merkel added that in the event 'the German [Navy] can't do its job, then there will be renewed discussions over their tasks,' adding that so far, she is 'comfortable' with how things are going for the German peacekeeping contingent."

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