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Berlin rules out troop deployment in Iraq even with UN mandate

IRNA

Berlin, Sept 4, IRNA -- The German government will not provide 
troops for a multi-national peacekeeping force in Iraq even with a 
United Nations mandate, DPA cited a foreign ministry spokesman as 
saying Thursday. 
The latest German stance followed press reports about American 
and NATO pressure on Germany to dispatch soldiers to war-stricken 
Iraq. 
Berlin has repeatedly ruled out any kind of military engagement 
in Iraq, citing its limited global military capacities. 
Germany strongly opposed the US-led war in Iraq, leading to a 
dramatic worsening of relations between Berlin and Washington. 
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