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Feb. 1st, 2008 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
birdwatcherFeb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The German government rejected a U.S. request to provide more troops to combat Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, saying that ministers were ``surprised'' by the demand.
``The letter came as a surprise to us,'' Ulrich Wilhelm, Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief spokesman, told a regular news conference in Berlin today. ``The government has made clear that the existing mandate provides the basis for our engagement.'' The government ``has no plans'' to change the mandate as approved by the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag.
``The letter came as a surprise to us,'' Ulrich Wilhelm, Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief spokesman, told a regular news conference in Berlin today. ``The government has made clear that the existing mandate provides the basis for our engagement.'' The government ``has no plans'' to change the mandate as approved by the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag.
