A deadly airstrike on two tankers in Afghanistan in September has proved to be a political timebomb in Berlin.
On Thursday Germany's top soldier and a deputy defense minister were forced to resign after revelations that the German army command and the Defense Ministry had been sent reports showing that there had been civilian casualties after the German-ordered airstrike. This was contrary to the initial claim by the government that only Taliban fighters had been killed in the attack. On Friday it was former Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung's turn to fall on his sword. The clamor for his resignation in the light of his disastrous handling of the aftermath of the airstrike had grown too loud.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Afghanistan: not very Jungian
From the international edition of Germany's Der Spiegel:
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