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Friday, August 01, 2008

Germany denies report on dragging out decision to send AWACS planes to Afghanistan

A spokesperson for the German Defense Ministry on Wednesday denied a recent report in the weekly Der Spiegel news magazine which said the German government was deliberately delaying a decision on a NATO request until September to send German-based AWACS planes to war-stricken Afghanistan.

Talking to journalists in Berlin, Captain Christian Dienst branded the report as "nonsense."

He reiterated ahead of any political talks, the NATO request had first to be discussed in the military committee.

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