Germany looks increasingly likely to agree to send troops to Lebanon with debate already raging in the country about the merits of the move six decades after the Holocaust.
With the Lebanon situation demanding quick decisions, defence minister Franz-Josef Jung is on Thursday in New York to present concrete proposals about German soldier participation in the international peace-keeping force.
Speaking at a military base in Hanover on Tuesday, Mr Jung said he would illustrate where German capabilities are at the UN meeting.
Spiegel Online reports that chancellor Angela Merkel, the head of the conservatives in Bavaria, Edmond Stoiber, deputy chancellor Franz Muntefering and head of the SPD party Kurt Beck will hold an extraordinary meeting today to discuss the issue.
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