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Germany set to to expel Libyan ambassador: report
Berlin, April 10, IRNA -- The German government is planning to expel Libya's Ambassador to Germany Jamal Ali Omar El-Baraq and five other diplomats of the North African country, the Munich-based news magazine Focus reported Saturday.
The diplomatic representatives of the Qadhafi regime are accused of spying on Libyan dissidents in Germany and putting them under pressure.
The initiative to expel the Libyan diplomatic staff is being prepared by the German foreign ministry.
The Libyan embassy, located in Berlin's upscale district of Dahlem, has been attacked twice by anti-Qadhafi protesters in recent weeks.
Opposing the Qadhafi regime, Berlin has reneged on its earlier pledge of a non-military role in Libya by agreeing to send troops to the war-stricken North African country as part of an European Union-led humanitarian military mission.
Although Berlin formally opposes the war in Libya, it is indirectly supporting it by allowing the US to use its German bases for the assault on the Muslim country.
Furthermore, Germany dispatched 300 airmen to Afghanistan as part of NATO's AWACS reconnaissance mission in an act geared at freeing up western forces in Afghanistan to move to the Mediterranean Sea for the Libyan conflict.
German military officers are also reportedly involved in controlling the Libyan no-fly zone even though the Berlin government voted against such a UN mandate last month.
The officers are part of an operational staff at the NATO headquarters in the Turkish city of Izmir./end
The diplomatic representatives of the Qadhafi regime are accused of spying on Libyan dissidents in Germany and putting them under pressure.
The initiative to expel the Libyan diplomatic staff is being prepared by the German foreign ministry.
The Libyan embassy, located in Berlin's upscale district of Dahlem, has been attacked twice by anti-Qadhafi protesters in recent weeks.
Opposing the Qadhafi regime, Berlin has reneged on its earlier pledge of a non-military role in Libya by agreeing to send troops to the war-stricken North African country as part of an European Union-led humanitarian military mission.
Although Berlin formally opposes the war in Libya, it is indirectly supporting it by allowing the US to use its German bases for the assault on the Muslim country.
Furthermore, Germany dispatched 300 airmen to Afghanistan as part of NATO's AWACS reconnaissance mission in an act geared at freeing up western forces in Afghanistan to move to the Mediterranean Sea for the Libyan conflict.
German military officers are also reportedly involved in controlling the Libyan no-fly zone even though the Berlin government voted against such a UN mandate last month.
The officers are part of an operational staff at the NATO headquarters in the Turkish city of Izmir./end
