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German Ambitions in the Wider Middle East

by Thierry Meyssan

German Ambitions in the Wider Middle East

Damascus (Syria) | 29 January 2020
75 years after the Second World War, Germany intends to become a power on the international stage once again. It has chosen to return to the expanded Middle East. But it is difficult and dangerous to rise to this level without any experience other than historical.

Germany seeks military involvement in the Greater Middle East

Germany seeks military involvement in the Greater Middle East

28 October 2019
The German delegation arrives in Cairo
The Munich Security Conference is holding two seminars between Arab and German leaders, the first on 25-26 October in Cairo and the second on 27-28 October in Doha.
Egypt - alongside Syria and Saudi Arabia - is engaged against the Muslim Brotherhood, while Qatar - together with Turkey and Iran - supports this secret society.
Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi, Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry and Arab League Secretary General Ahmed (...)

Can Germany supplant US imperialism?

Can Germany supplant US imperialism?

25 October 2019
The German Defense Minister and President of the CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, caught her partners and allies off-guard when, on 21 October 2019, she announced her intention to deploy an international military force in Syria. Her mentor, Chancellor Angela Merkel, was the only one in the loop and voiced immediate support.
Her tossed-off announcement gave rise to a flurry of questions: What would be its legal basis? Would it be an initiative of the European Union, NATO or the UN? Would it (...)

Germany wants nuclear bombers

Germany wants nuclear bombers

18 April 2019
Germany’s armed forces are currently studying the possibility of acquiring nuclear bombers capable of using the new American B61-12atomic bombs.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon itself plans to deploy these new atomic bombs in the German region of Eifel, in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The German air force already has multi-tasking Tornado warplanes, which are already capable of deploying American atomic bombs. But those aircraft are going to be replaced, possibly, by (...)

A secret clause that accompanies the Treaty of Aachen

A secret clause that accompanies the Treaty of Aachen

20 February 2019
According to the Germany weekly, Der Spiegel, Germany and France have signed a secret clause at the side of the Treaty of Aachen . It provides that neither party will oppose the sales of arms produced as a joint venture, except on grounds of national security.
Following the fall of Nazism, Germany has kept up its pacifist ideal and placed a strict ban on exporting arms to States that could use them for evil ends. However, during the Conference on Security that has just taken place in (...)

The rapprochement between Paris and Berlin

by Thierry Meyssan

The rapprochement between Paris and Berlin

Damascus (Syria) | 15 February 2019
This is an extremely serious matter – under the appearance of uniting their efforts to work for peace, Paris and Berlin are linking their foreign policies, and will soon be linking their Defence policies. In reality, this evolution is proceeding from the top down, without consulting the population, and is destroying their democratic acquisitions.

Gerhard Schröder denounces US occupation of Germany

Gerhard Schröder denounces US occupation of Germany

19 November 2018
In 2003, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder opposed the US destroying Iraq, a destruction that the US justified by the role Iraq had played in the 9/11 attack and Iraq’s intention to bomb the U.S.A. with chemical ballistic missiles.
Schroder brought his country closer to the Russian Federation. Furthermore, he was the one that launched the construction of the North Stream in the Baltic Sea. His aim was to supply Germany with Russian gas, by-passing Ukraine (already unstable). When he bade (...)

What is not being said about the quadrilateral summit on Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

What is not being said about the quadrilateral summit on Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 30 October 2018
The quadrilateral summit in Istanbul on Syria has endorsed the political advances of Russia, but has decided nothing. Moscow gave its Turkish, French and German partners a lesson on the situation. The allies of Washington are having a hard time digesting their defeat and drawing its conclusions.

Remarks by Heiko Maas to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly

by Heiko Maas

Remarks by Heiko Maas to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly

New York (USA) | 28 September 2018
Madam President,
Ladies and gentlemen,
A veteran of UN diplomacy told me the other day that every General Assembly has its own crisis to discuss, its own major topic.
So what is tt]e big issue in 2018? Syria? North Korea? The Middle East? Or the dramatic global refugee situation from the Mediterranean to Venezuela?
If you take a step back, these disparate conflicts reveal a bigger picture and a distinct pattern. It becomes clear that we are indeed faced with a crisis - the crisis of (...)

Germany stance conflicts with Feltman Directive

Germany stance conflicts with Feltman Directive

14 September 2018
On 14 September 2018, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas, tweeted that his country was ready to participate in Syria’s reconstruction “if there is a political solution leading to free elections”.
For the first time, a Western High Ranking Official is mentioning the option of reconstructing Syria whilst a political solution is being worked out and not once the Western official objectives of “regime change”, have been achieved. By doing this, Germany is the first State to (...)

Germany is getting ready to attack Syria

Germany is getting ready to attack Syria

10 September 2018
The German daily newspaper, the Bild , has reported that the United States has requested the German government to participate in an air attack against Syria.
Whilst London is preparing a chemical attack under a false flag in the Syrian region of Idlib, Washington has been threatening to strike Syria for several weeks, if Syria were to turn to such weapons.
The allied operation would involve Germany, France and the United Kingdom working together.
Last week, the German Minister of (...)

Angie hits Jordan and Lebanon

by Thierry Meyssan

Angie hits Jordan and Lebanon

Damascus (Syria) | 26 June 2018
Throughout her voyage of the Levant, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel (Angie), is presenting herself as a person with a good heart, who wants Germany to play its part to helping the Syrian refugees. But the people that she is speaking see her as a fallen angel, who is masking her true intentions which are to wage war against Syria.

Germany and Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

Germany and Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 20 June 2018
Relations between Germany and Syria, which used to be excellent under Emperor Wilhelm II, are today abysmal. This is because since the Cold War, Berlin has become the backyard for the Muslim Brotherhood in their attempt to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic. Since 2012, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the federal think-tank SWP have been working directly on behalf of the US deep state for the destruction of the country.

“The Art of War”

US Fleet with 1,000 missiles in the Mediterranean

by Manlio Dinucci

US Fleet with 1,000 missiles in the Mediterranean

Damascus (Syria) | 2 May 2018
The US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, which set sail from the world’s largest naval base in Norfolk (Virginia), has entered the Mediterranean with its strike group.
The strike group consists of the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy and the guided-missile destroyers USS Farragut, USS Forrest Sherman, USS Bulkeley, and USS Arleigh Burke. Two others, USS Jason Dunham and USS The Sullivans, will rejoin the strike group at a later date. The German destroyer FGS Hessen is added to the Truman (...)

Mostly Islamist refugees in Germany (testimony)

Mostly Islamist refugees in Germany (testimony)

13 March 2018
An Austrian television broadcast a report showing a Christian Syrian refugee who decided to return to his country.
According to his testimony, he left Syria to escape the Islamists. He went to Europe hoping to find freedom. However, he was reportedly interrogated unceremoniously by the German police and placed in a refugee camp with supporters of al-Qaeda and Daesh and where he would have been the only Christian.
The young man wonders about the future of Europe that became home to (...)

Polish Army under the US-German protectorate

Polish Army under the US-German protectorate

8 March 2018
The German army is setting up in Rostock both a Nato headquarters (photo), tasked with coordinating a potential naval war against Russia and the joint headquarters of the German and Polish fleets.
Poland, which has a coast on the Baltic Sea, has entrusted the management of its navy to Germany.
The German firm, Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems, should sell three new submarines to Poland for about 2.4 billion euros. However, the European rules on tender offers force Poland to take into (...)

«Current Concerns», n°5, March 6, 2018

In search of peace at the MSC

297. In search of peace at the MSC

Zurich (Switzerland) | 5 March 2018
The compass needle still points towards confrontation. For this very reason: More support for the voices of peace!, by Karl Müller / Switzerland in dialogue with Russia Duma Members of Parliament visit Berne, by Eva-Maria Föllmer-Müller / A voice for peace with Russia / Nothing but NATO parties are running for elections, by Manlio Dinucci / Why the Swiss sovereign would hardly agree to an institutional framework agreement with the EU, by Marianne Wüthrich / New referendum on direct democracy started Government to remember election promises, from the editors of the Austrian “Wegwarte” / Austria is a democratic republic.. Its law emanates from the people. A new parliamentary citizens’ initiative / The think tanks lodge themselves in the heart of the state. Expert networks try to paralyse all and any resistance to neo-liberal dogma, by Dostena Anguelova and Roland Gori / Strengthening human education and community or consolidating power strategies and neoliberal economy? / Resistance to (...)

The confusion of diplomats and the military at MSC 2018

by Thierry Meyssan

The confusion of diplomats and the military at MSC 2018

Damascus (Syria) | 20 February 2018
Organised by the Germans, the Munich Security Conference has become a world forum for Ministers for Foreign Affairs and for Defence. The participants were all attempting to anticipate the political evolution of the moment, while the organisers were attempting to advance the cause of their re-armament. Finally, although the positions of the participants was clarified, the question of the rules of the new game remain in suspense.

The 682 participants at the Munich Security Conference 2018

The 682 participants at the Munich Security Conference 2018

Munich (Germanay) | 18 February 2018
Abdyldaev, Erlan
Aboul-Gheit, Ahmed
Achleitner, Paul
Ahmed Abdelaziz Ghandour, lbrahim
Aigner, Use
Al Hariri, Nasr
Al Humaidan, Khalid bin Ali
Al Otaibi, Talal Abdullah
Al Saleh, Raed
Al-Abadi, Haider
Alardhi, Mohammed Maahfoodh
Alfano, Angelino
Al-Fayyadh, Falih
Al-Heilali, Erfan
Al-Jaf, Jasim
Al-Jubei, Adel bin Ahmed
Al-Kadhimi, Mustafa
Allen, John R.
Allison, Graharn
Al-Mekhlafi, Abdulmalik
Al-Sabah, Sheikh Khaled AI-Jarrah
Al-Thani, Sheikh I lamad bin Jassim bin (...)

Germany will pay compensation to Jewish Algerians

Germany will pay compensation to Jewish Algerians

8 February 2018
The Federal Republic of Germany is going to pay a one-off compensation of 2,556 euros per person to the any Jewish person that had lived in Algeria during the Second World War. In this period, about 25, 000 persons lived in Algeria.
To benefit from this compensation, you (a Jewish person) will have to prove that you had lived in Algeria between the French-German armistice of 22 June 1940 and Operation Torch (when the Allies disembarked in North Africa) on 8 November 1942. During this (...)

In Spite of It All, America: A Trans-Atlantic Manifesto in Times of Donald Trump — a German Perspective

In Spite of It All, America: A Trans-Atlantic Manifesto in Times of Donald Trump — a German Perspective

Berlin (Germany) | 12 October 2017
1. International Order — the new German-American conflicts of interest
One of the new German government’s premier challenges will be to manage the trans-Atlantic relationship during Donald Trump’s presidency. Its success in this endeavor will be one way to measure its overall performance. We, a group of foreign policy experts from civil society, would like to offer some ideas.
The liberal world order with its foundation in multilateralism, its global norms and values, its open societies and (...)

The ex-GDR, Madame Merkel’s nightmare

by Mikhail Leontyev

The ex-GDR, Madame Merkel's nightmare

Moscow (Russia) | 6 October 2017
The columnist of the first Russian television channel and, in addition, Rosneft’s communication officer, Mikhail Leontiev, analyzes the German parliamentary elections. While western journalists are skeptical of the rise of the SFM and compare them strangely to that of the Nazis, he observes the great disparity between the voters of the East and West of the country.

No Blow back but a Nato claw back of censorship in Germany

No Blow back but a Nato claw back of censorship in Germany

22 September 2017
As planned for sometime now , Nato is accusing Russia of interfering in the German legislative elections after rigging both the US and French presidential elections.
To date, there is no proof supporting these accusations. The most Nato can do is emphasize that in these three elections, the Russian government media took positions against Hillary Clinton (US), Emmanuel Macron (France) and Angela Merkel (Germany).
The Federal Office to Protect the Constitution (BfV by its German (...)

Berlin, we recommend you: Grab the Nato bull by its horns!

by German Foreign Policy

Berlin, we recommend you: Grab the Nato bull by its horns!

Berlin (Germany) | 15 September 2017
While Chancellor Merkel and Macron have already met to discuss governing the EU together, Federal Germany’s official think tank, the SWP, recommends that Berlin takes the military leadership of both the EU and Nato. Taking due note of President Trump’s position (limiting US influence within the Transatlantic Alliance), the government’s experts consider that there is an opportunity for Berlin to become the controlling mind of Nato in its counter-Russia operations. This opportunity has arisen because Germany has made massive investments in developing its army and creating multinational forces.

Germany involved in the attacks in Catalonia

Germany involved in the attacks in Catalonia

30 August 2017
The Spanish Police think that Abdelbaki Es Satty was the leader of the terrorist cell that on 17 and 18 August 2017, attacked its targets in Barcelona and Cambrills.
When in prison, Es Satty formed a friendship with Rachid Aglif, sentenced to 21 years in jail for participating in a meeting to make preparations for the attacks in Madrid (11 March 2004).
Up until June, Abdelbaki Es Satty was the Imam of the mosque in the North of Ripoll.
As it happens, this mosque depends on the Syrian (...)

Answer to OHCHR about the German Network Enforcement Act

by Heiko Maas

Answer to OHCHR about the German Network Enforcement Act

Berlin (Germany) | 9 August 2017
Answers to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in regard to the Act to Improve En-forcement of the Law in Social Networks (Network Enforcement Act), provided by the Federal Government of Germany
Reference: Letter, dated 1 June 2017
The concerns raised in the communication refer to the draft law on the Act to Improve En-forcement of the Law in Social Networks (Network Enforcement Act) of 14 March 2017.
First of all, the (...)

Germany withdraws its troops from Turkey

Germany withdraws its troops from Turkey

8 June 2017
On 7 June 2017, Berlin announced that it was withdrawing its troops from Turkey. The 260 soldiers of the Bundeswehr who are participating in “Anti Daesh International Coalition” operations from bases at Incilik, are currently being transferred to bases at Azraq, Jordan.
It will take around three weeks to transport the 10,000 tonnes of material distributed among around 200 containers, and about three months for Germany to resume its participation in the Coalition’s missions.
It has not been (...)

OHCHR Letter on the Heiko Maas Bill to combat Fake News

by David Kaye

OHCHR Letter on the Heiko Maas Bill to combat Fake News

Geneva (Switzerland) | 1 June 2017
Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Heiko Maas Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Excellency,
I have the honour to address you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 34/18.
In this connection, I would like to bring to the attention of your Excellency’s Government information I (...)

After Washington and London, Berlin changes its foreign policy

After Washington and London, Berlin changes its foreign policy

29 January 2017
The Chancellor Angela Merkel has moved her Minister of Economy, Sigmar Gabriel, to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mr Gabriel is a former trade unionist known for his criticisms of the US’s imperial policy under George W. Bush and Barack Obama. We must highlight the fact that he has pleaded against colonizing Afghanistan. He has strongly criticized the apartheid put in place by Netanyahu vis-à-vis the Palestinians.
He was the first Western leader to go to Iran after the agreement (...)

Germany is exploring the links between Turkey and Daesh

Germany is exploring the links between Turkey and Daesh

30 August 2016
The TV channel ARD has made public an internal document from the German government which etablishes the relations between Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood in general, and Hamas and Daesh in particular.
« Türkei "Aktionsplattform" für Islamisten », ARD, 16 August 2016.

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