Germany's Left Party Expelled For Afghan Demonstration

[SHRED]

Imagine the outright disgust our corporate media, here in the "land of freedom", would have for a similar demonstration by our elected officials?

Oh never mind...not gonna happen.

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Germany's Left Party Expelled from Bundestag
By Derek Scally
March 4, 2010

Published by Irish Times.

Germany's Left Party was expelled from the Bundestag yesterday after its members held up signs bearing the names of Afghan civilians killed in a German-ordered airstrike last September.

The protest came in the middle of a parliamentary debate on extending Germany’s nine-year military mission to Afghanistan by a further year.

Some 429 MPs voted for and 111 against the new mandate--16 fewer votes in favour than last time--allowing troop numbers to be increased by 850 to 5,350.

The opposition Green Party abstained and, after being re-admitted, the Left Party MPs contributed to the 111 votes against the mandate.

“This was no routine vote, we reject the war in Afghanistan,” said Gesine Lötzsch, the Left Party’s designate co-leader, after MPs held up about 70 signs with names of victims. One read: “Ali Mohammad, farmer, 35 years old, nine children.

“This was a dignified way of remembering individual people with names and biographies who have died, deaths that have brought calamity on their families.”

MORE:
http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2010-03-04-10-55-49-news.php

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[ShortnFiery]

1. Hell, the Germans have only this airstrike on their consciouses? We've got "Shock and Awe."

Shock and Awe was conducted IN OUR NAME fellow Americans?

We allowed this to happen - TOO many of our GUTLESS democrat leaders voted for this War Crime:

[Mari333]

2. +1000000000000000

[asdjrocky]

4. Wish you'd stop using that picture.

I lost a family member in that building on that day.

It really does hurt some people.

[Blue_Tires]

3. ttt