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05/21/2008: "German Special Forces in Afghanistan Let Taliban Commander Escape"

German special forces had an important Taliban commander in their sights in Afghanistan. But he escaped -- because the Germans were not authorized to use lethal force. The German government's hands-tied approach to the war is causing friction with its NATO allies.

[ Germans will die there because they let him go and because Germans are not allowed to use force to punish them for their nazi past? ]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,554033,00.html