German expose of America's "Secret War" attracts quick, strong U.S. rebuttal

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/11/15/208697/german-expose-of-americas-secret.html

From spying to murder campaigns, reported allegations cover it all

German expose of America's "Secret War" attracts quick, strong U.S. rebuttal
By Matthew Schofield McClatchy Foreign Staff
McClatchy Interactive
November 15, 2013

BERLIN — To appreciate the scope and impact of a joint investigative series by the highly regarded German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung and German public television station NDR on the depth of American trespasses in this country, you don’t even have to read a word of the reports, or watch the videos.

All you really have to do is take a look at the U.S. Embassy rebuttal of the series. The multi-part, multi-media series was put on line beginning Friday morning, though some parts weren’t up until evening. And others are said to be coming during the coming weeks. The U.S. Embassy in Germany press office statement came out just after 3 p.m.

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The series reports that the $3 billion a year the United States spends in Germany pay for everything from bases for the 43,000 U.S. soldiers stationed here to the American drone campaign in Africa. According to the newspaper’s English language version, that drone program works like this:

“First they practice with their 57 drones getting ready for the real thing. When they receive intelligence on potential targets and suspected terrorists, they deliver that information to U.S. intelligence officers, also based in Germany. And these soldiers are responsible when innocent civilians in Africa die as a result. Moral issues aside, the fact remains: without these bases in Germany, the U.S.’s ‘war on terror’ would not be the well-oiled machine it is now. Germany acts as the headquarters for secret wars in Africa, the European hub for CIA operations and the training ground for drone attacks worldwide. And Germany’s location is indispensable.”

[Turbineguy]

1. Why would we go against Germany?

We have plenty of enemies right at home.

[idwiyo]

2. k&r