Are German Soldiers Involved In The War Against Gaddafi?

A NATO bomb explodes in Tripoli, Libya, in June 2011. Are German soldiers secretly helping with NATO targeting? DPA

Are German Soldiers Secretly Helping Fight Gadhafi? -- Spiegel Online

Germany shocked the world in March went it opposed NATO action against Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. But recently released documents show that German soldiers serving in NATO units in Italy are helping to select targets for alliance airstrikes.

German soldiers are more directly involved in NATO air attacks against military forces of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi than was previously known. In response to a specific inquiry recently submitted by Hans-Christian Ströbele, a Green Party member of parliament, Germany's government acknowledged that 11 German soldiers currently stationed at NATO facilities in Italy are performing duties including ones "in the area of so-called target selection" for NATO airstrikes. However, the Defense Ministry documents obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE also note that the German soldiers do not hold any "leadership or decision-making positions."

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My Comment: If only a few German soldiers are involved in NATO operations against Libya, their involvement is actually next to nothing. But in the specter of German politics, this mole hill is a mountain and it will be treated as such by the German opposition and (probably) by much of the German electorate.