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Lplate Posts: 4737 Incept: 2008-08-06 Australia	edited title: German court widens army's internal crisis role Quote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-1.... 17 August 2012 The German military will in future be able to use its weapons on German streets in an extreme situation, the Federal Constitutional Court says. The ruling says the armed forces can be deployed only if Germany faces an assault of "catastrophic proportions", but not to control demonstrations. The decision to deploy forces must be approved by the federal government. Severe restrictions on military deployments were set down in the German constitution after Nazi-era abuses. The court says the military still cannot shoot down a hijacked passenger plane - fighter jets would have to intercept the plane and fire warning shots to force it to land. After World War II the new constitution ruled that soldiers could not be deployed with guns at the ready on German soil, the BBC's Stephen Evans reports from Berlin. The court has now changed that, saying troops could be used to tackle an assault that threatens scores of casualties. The judges had in mind a terrorist incident involving armed attackers in public places. German troops have been deployed abroad since the war, but it has been a gradual process. German warplanes have been used in the Balkans and troops are on the ground in Afghanistan, protecting construction workers, but able to return fire if attacked.. 2012-08-17 09:37:41 Permalink
Lk Posts: 13159 Incept: 2008-03-13 DC - VA	Quote: The court says the military still cannot shoot down a hijacked passenger plane - fighter jets would have to intercept the plane and fire warning shots to force it to land. LOL if you can't shoot it down those aren't warning shots, they're fireworks 2012-08-17 11:23:35 Permalink
Avianphlu Posts: 3916 Incept: 2008-12-03 Ulster NY	trial balloon for the US 2012-08-17 11:37:06 Permalink
Gollum Posts: 754 Incept: 2011-07-31 Wyoming	Repeating of history???? 2012-08-17 17:56:57 Permalink
Vitchilo Posts: 4576 Incept: 2011-04-27	I didnazi this coming. ---------- "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -- H.L. Mencken 2012-08-17 18:04:29 Permalink
Gollum Posts: 754 Incept: 2011-07-31 Wyoming	Not really Nazi, more like Weimar...... 2012-08-17 18:27:25 Permalink
Bailout-funder Posts: 1014 Incept: 2008-10-17 SF Bay Area, CA	Quote: I didnazi this coming. Weimar combat freedoms all the sudden? ---------- "As we have now seen, one little lie, repeated often enough, becomes one gigantic mess." "Someone clearly got the best government money can buy, but it certainly wasn�t us." --Karl Denninger 2012-08-18 00:06:06 Permalink