(Own report) - Under leadership of the "Society for Threatened Peoples" (GfbV), ethnic chauvinist organizations in Germany are supporting secessionist forces in the Kurdish provinces of Northern Iraq. Already for some time, the GfbV has been demanding that the resource rich Mosul and Kirkuk regions be "integrated" into the "Autonomous Region of Kurdistan". The German . . .

(Own report) - By accelerating its expansion into the Kurdish regions of Northern Iraq, German businesses are encouraging Kurdish secessionist aspirations. The German businesses' appetite has been particularly aroused by the riches in resources of the "Autonomous Region of Kurdistan". Reserves of 45 billion barrels of oil are estimated to be in this province alone. . . .

(Own report) - German entrepreneurs are hoping that the German foreign minister's visit to Baghdad will bring new business opportunities in Iraq. After the extensive war damage, German entrepreneurs are hoping to profit from the elaborate reconstruction program now to be implemented, particularly since, according to Berlin, the Iraqi government has generated through its savings . . .

(Own report) - The United States is insisting on stronger German participation in stabilizing the puppet regime in Iraq. As the US ambassador in Baghdad declared, he hopes "very much that Europeans will become more engaged in Iraq." Now the question is to impose "a fundamentally different orientation" on this Gulf state, known for its . . .

(Own report) - Berlin is actively trying to extend German activities in the Iraqi war zone. A new business agreement, signed Monday July 1, is intended to revive the dormant business relations. The SPD-affiliated Friedrich Ebert Foundation is engaged in talks concerning stronger support for Iraq, whose government has approved the opening of a branch . . .

(Own report) - The German military (Bundeswehr) has again begun the training of Iraqi soldiers. This time it is a logistics unit of the Iraqi armed forces that will first be trained on German territory and then in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The military equipment needed by the unit for its mission in Iraq, . . .

(Own report) - Germany is supporting armed separatists in Western Iran, in their struggle against the Iranian government. In spite of repeated protests from Teheran, a leader of the Kurdish secessionist movement is continuing to recruit insurgents in Germany - in plain view of German intelligence services. The separatists are held responsible for the killing . . .

(Own report) - In spite of several European foreigners having been taken hostage in Iraq May 29, the German government is wooing companies and employees to take up activities in the Iraqi war zone. They are subcontracting firms of businesses specializing in tasks of occupation, also flourishing in Afghanistan, and being financed from defense ministry . . .

(Own report) - The German government intends to remain steadfast in spite of the announced intention to execute German hostages. March 19, the German chancellor declared that the rejection of the kidnappers' demand for the withdrawal of German troops from Afghanistan was "the right signal". Mrs. Merkel called any consequences, this could have on the . . .

(Own report) - German ethno-specialists are aiding in the preparations for Iraq's territorial partitioning into three ("autonomous") states. The partitioning is being prepared by a "study group" of the US Congress, under the chairmanship of former Secretary of State, James Baker. According to their plan Iraq must be subdivided into "autonomous regions". The "European Academy . . .

(Own report) - American military circles are recommending a re-organization of all nations in the Middle East along ethnic lines. Loss of territory and drawing new borders will effect Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan among others. Through the complete dissolution of states, new actors will be created in international law, along . . .

(Own report) - The German government is making new efforts toward the promotion of German business expansion in the Iraqi war theater despite the continuing danger of kidnapping. The Ministry of Economics was one of the supporters of this year's "Rebuild Iraq" Fair, which opened Monday, May 8, in the Jordanian capital, Amman. Diplomatic personnel . . .

(german-foreign-policy.com) - Germany participated in the aggression against Iraq and therefore, within the course of a few years, committed a second time, criminal violations of the UN Charter. As in the case of the Yugoslavia bombardment, in violation of international law, it was also the Schroeder-Fischer government that committed this breach of international accords and . . .

German businesses and trade associations are increasing their efforts to participate in Iraq's economy which is presently administered by the illegal US occupation. Iraq is considered a ,,lucrative market", offering a ,,large potential for German business."The position of German trade associations is that German investors should secure part of Iraq's privatized enterprises, although this would violate current Iraqi law. . . .

The German Federal Department of the Interior keeps a paramilitary squad on standby that is supposed to be deployed to the support of U.S. occupation forces in Iraq. Berlin gives a total strength of 75,000 troops for the agency (Technisches Hilfswerk, THW, German Federal Agency for Technical Relief), established in 1950. ,,Special sections"of the THW were already mobilized during the Afghanistan . . .

The German government is strengthening its efforts to assert its influence over the ,,New Order"in the Gulf region. Simultaneously powerful forces are demanding a compromise with the USA so as to use the military power of the aggressors as a ,,peace-keeping force", ensuring that German and European protagonists can organise the ,,New Order". . . .

German foreign policy seeks to use the war in Iraq as an opportunity for an ethnically oriented ,,New Order"for the whole region. A strategy paper demands ,,A New Order in Iraq according to European Principles", the ,,progressive overthrow"of the former political order and rapid dismantling of present frontiers. The USA and its allies should be made complicit in this . . .

German foreign policy seeks to use the war in Iraq as an opportunity for an ethnically oriented ,,New Order"for the whole region. A strategy paper demands ,,A New Order in Iraq according to European Principles", the ,,progressive overthrow"of the former political order and rapid dismantling of present frontiers. The USA and its allies should be made complicit in this . . .

The German government is taking steps to assure its influence in Iraq after the expected occupation by the USA and its allies. Berlin seeks to diminish the militarily achieved advantage of the United States by the political superiority of those states which opposed the war but it does not renounce the use of its own military forces. The German Foreign . . .