Germanys élite special forces — the KSK commandos — are on call
The last time the united states organized a military coalition — against Iraq in 1991 — Germany wriggled out of it by sending five mine sweepers and a check for $6.5 billion. This time Germany has decided to get off the sidelines. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder last week announced he was contributing 3,900 soldiers and sailors to the war against terrorism, the first time since World War II that German troops will be deployed outside Europe. "This decision," said Schröder, "is truly important, fundamental and historic."
But German troops may not see combat. Schröder told a press conference that...
