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Berlin `rules out completely` sending troops to Iraq

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Berlin, April 14, IRNA -- The German government has ruled out again 
the deployment of troops in war-stricken Iraq but has voiced continued
readiness to provide humanitarian aid and help in the country`s 
rebuilding process, a top German official said here Wednesday. 
"Our principled position is known: We want to be engaged in 
civilian reconstruction and humanitarian aid. However German troops in
Iraq can be completely ruled out," German deputy government spokesman 
Thomas Steg told the media. 
He refused to speculate whether Berlin`s stance would change under
a possible new United Nations mandate. 
Germany had strongly opposed the American-led military invasion of
Iraq. 
OT/AH/210 
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