Germany Withdrawing Units from NATO actions in Libya

[Rusty Shackleford]

Fears of NATO expansion of War on Libya

ill just quote a portion of it:


President Barack Obama, seeking to avoid getting bogged down in a war in another Muslim country, said on Monday Washington would cede control of operations against Muammar Gaddafi's forces within days, handing the reins over to NATO.
But Germany and European allies remain unwilling to have NATO take on a military operation that theoretically has nothing to do with the defence of Europe.
Today the German defence ministry announced Berlin had pulled out of any military operations in the Mediterranean.
A ministry spokesman said two frigates and two other ships with a crew of 550 would be reverted to German command.

Some 60 to 70 German troops participating in NATO-operated AWACS surveillance operations in the Mediterranean would also be withdrawn, according to the ministry.
Berlin isn't participating in the operation to impose a no-fly zone in Libya and abstained on the U.N. resolution authorising it.







http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368693/Libya-war-Germans-pull-forces-NATO-Libyan-coalition-falls-apart.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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[Le Socialiste]

This ought to serve as a reminder that the imperialist powers in this world aren't in lock-step, nor do they move as a single mass. Their interests are largely similar, thus providing the grounds for competition and, eventually, destruction. I say this as one who often feels as though the workers - for all their strength in numbers - are powerless in comparison to the seemingly united front of the imperialists. They are divided, in more ways than one. And it is in times like these that I am reminded of said divisions, and my fears are calmed.