As I reported last week a German man was charged for printing the word Koran on toilet paper, sending it to mosques and TV stations and offering it for sale on the internet. He was found guilty and given a
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When you become so paranoid that you begin charging people with crimes for a humorous statement against a religion, you've gone over the edge. The German government is really reaching to find something to charge a man who printed the
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A video of German engineers, Thomas Nitzschke and Rene Braeunlich, was played on al-Jazeera. The terrorist group Tawhid and Sunnah Brigade said they are going to kill the two within 72-hours if Germany doesn't break ties with Iraq and pull
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Video of two German engineers being held hostage in Iraq was broadcast on Al-Jazeera today. Thomas Nitzschke and Rene Braeunlich were taken hostage outside of their workplace on January 24, 2005. The two had only been in the country for
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Two German Engineers, Thomas Wischke Thomas Nitzschke and Rebiti Drata Rene Braeunlich, were taken hostage on their third day on the job this morning. Reports say 6 terrorists in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped the two in Baiji -- which is
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Susanne Osthoff, the German Archaeologist taken hostage in Iraq, has now been outed as having worked for Germany's intelligence agency BND. So was she a spy? UPI Susanne Osthoff ... was connected with her country's intelligence service, the BND, and
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In a bizarre choice former hostage Susanne Osthoff appeared on German TV channel ZDF for an interview dressed in what appeared to be suicide bomber attire claiming she didn't want anyone to know what she looked like. During the
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I applaud Susanne Osthoff. There has been a lot said about Susanne Osthoff and her recent decision to return to Iraq to get back to work after being taken hostage by terrorists. While some would decry her action as foolish
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Susanne Osthoff, the German Archaeologist who was taken hostage by terrorists, has been freed and is reported to be at the German embassy in Baghdad. There were no details on whether she was released by the terrorists or rescued. Susanne
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the first female German Chancellor in history, said in her first speech that she is not going to negotiate with terrorists. After the constant soft spined approach of Gerhard Schroeder this is welcome news and a
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German Archaeologist Susanne Osthoff, 43, was taken hostage in Iraq by an unknown terrorist group. She is the first German national to be taken hostage in the country. The terrorist group released a video showing Osthoff alongside a terrorist
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Germany is in a political purgatory as both Merkel and Schroeder are not conceding. A Schroeder led government is bad news for not only the German people, but America as well. For Germans it would be bad because in some
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Disregard this post. It is incorrect. See the correct entry here and more coverage at the Atlantic Review Gerhard Schroeder Wins Re-Election In Germany. In one of the closest victories in German history, and the closest since World War II,
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(Saarbrucken, Germany) Good food, beautiful women, and really cold beer have been promised in the announcement that the first Hooters restaurant will open in Germany in October. From the Stars and Stripes: Sort of bad news: The well-known American sports
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Germany has been facing tough times for awhile. With parts of the country facing 25% unemployment and 12% nationally, Gerhard Schröder's recently changed economic policies similar to George Bush's, cutting taxes and increasing spending. Consumer confidence has increased since, but
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Cut taxes, increase spending? Where have I heard that before? Unemployment levels are at rates not seen since the 30's! That's scary. This decision was surely made due to the upcoming elections and people really fed up with Gerhard. In
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A new book puts forth evidence that Hitler had an atomic reactor near Berlin that was up and running for days and possibly weeks. In addition it finds that there were multiple atomic tests made by the Germans. It is
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There was a recent discussion in the comments on an article I did a few days ago entitled "Utah Governor Signs "Driving Card" For Illegal Aliens Bill". I have decided to post some of that here and also my take
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Before anyone jumps the gun and starts crying Nazi let's take a look at what Germany has been doing with Jewish immigration. In 1990 the Jewish population number 30,000 and was mostly aged, so Helmet Kohl threw open the doors
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Some would have you believe that here in the good ole US of A we have a huge unemployment problem. Well I'm one of those "some". I think there is a severe lack of jobs for our intelligent and skilled
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Could East Germany succeed from Unified Germany? There is an interesting article in the Guardian regarding a recent poll by the Forsa Institute finding that nearly 20% of Germans wish for the wall back. Westerners are fed up with what
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Davids Medienkritik has a nice piece on the ver.di, Germany’s largest service-sector union and the largest independent, individual trade union in the world crapping their pants over the US redistribution of military forces. Ver.di’s chairman, Frank Bsirske, just last year
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