DW: Smaller Number of German Peacekeepers to Stay in Bosnia

[blackhorse]

Smaller Number of German Peacekeepers to Stay in Bosnia

Germany's cabinet has decided to leave peacekeeping troops in Bosnia for another year, but said it plans to cut the size of the contingent.

Germany currently has 3,000 military and civilian staff in Bosnia as part a European Union peacekeeping mission. While Germany's cabinet agreed to deploy troops to the country for another year, it will cut the number to 2,400.

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Although the EU has no plan to immediately withdraw peacekeepers from Bosnia, the situation there is set to change. In the middle of next year, the international protectorate and the post of the peace overseer will be dismantled.

Germany currently has 9,000 troops deployed in the Balkans, Congo, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2231781,00.html

[David__77]

1. I hate what was done to Yugoslavia.

A peaceful, multi-national federal state was systematically ripped apart by the stoking of backward nationalism. The Germans had no small role in that process. Some time in the future you'll see another "south Slav" federative state emerge, but for now, more "Balkanization."

[Megahurtz]

2. No Kidding.

What they did to them was all a bunch of lying corrupt bullshit.