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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9829

30 January 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/ep/nato
Polemic Around action proposed FOR ISAF against Afghan drug traffickers

Brussels, 29/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - New orders being examined at NATO, which will allow allied forces in Afghanistan to take on the drug traffickers, even in the absence of proof linking them to the insurrection, have been condemned by German Green, Angelika Beer. In a press release on Thursday 29 January, Ms Beer declared that the orders to “kill traffickers in a targeted manner” contravene the “rules of military engagement and are against international law”. A NATO spokesperson...

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