Germany exports weapons with atomic capacity
BERLIN/TEL AVIV The German Government has agreed to the export of weapons which can deliver atomic bombs. This has emerged from discussions between the German Defence Ministry and Israel. Therewith the German Government has for the second time broken both its own export guidelines and the German Constitution.
The German Export agreement concerns a fourth Submarine of the Dolphin Class being built by the Armaments firm Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) and Thyssen Nordseewerke. Suppliers include Siemens and MTY. As with the previous submarines the Dolphin will be fitted out in Germany with 650 mm tubes and then fitted with missiles in Israel. They carry atomic charges and are aimed at Arab capitals.
Breaking the German Constitution
These deliveries contradict Chapter II (4) of the German Government's export guidelines of 19.1.2000 in which it states that weapons materials may not be exported to countries which are engaged in armed conflict.
This definition applies to Israel and was confirmed in the presence of the German Defence Minister Struck in Tel Aviv. As Struck emphasised the deepening of German-Israeli military co-operation Israeli jets attacked targets in Lebanon. The deliveries of the weapons also contradict Article 26 of the German Constitution because they are likely to disturb ,,the peaceful relations between peoples". EU guidelines also forbid the export of war materials to ,,areas of tension".
The weapons sales are in accord with the wishes of the German armaments industry which also sells to Arab Governments thus also supplying Tel Aviv's enemies. Even in the 1950s the German-Arab arms trade flourished and reached its high point with sales to Iraq and Iran. Germany has now risen to be the fourth largest weapons exporter and claims to be pursuing purely economic goals.
While Germany promotes the interests of its arms industry and speaks of a ,,special German responsibility for Israel"there are plans muted in Berlin for the territorial division of Israel and the ,,removal"of whole ethnic groups. According to these ideas Israel should give up the Negev in the South and agree to a horizontal border at the level of Beersheba according to a study 1)from the quasi-official German Society for Foreign Policy (DGAP) 2). The circa 900,000 Israelis living in Southern Israel are to be transferred to the West Bank while the circa 1.2million Arabs there are to be sent to the Negev desert.
Israeli military installations like the Atomic weapon factory at Dimona and Airforce bases like Chatzerim are should be ,,moved to the North". This plan is to be carried out under ,,international"auspices in particular by the European Union the author of this DGAP study Professor Dr Erwin Haeckel writes.
Haeckel is not only active at the DGAP but also in German military circles. He supervised a ,,valuable and very helpful"study of ,,Soldiers and Leadership corps in the Armed Services" 3)published by the Social Studies Institute of the German Army 4). Haeckel is also a supporter of Germany being a ,,civil nuclear power"and is an adviser to the International Atomic Energy Authority in Vienna.
1) Prof. Dr. Erwin Haeckel: Land gegen Land; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 01.06.2004
2) See also Bright Abyss
3) cf. Oberst i. G. and Direktor des Sozialwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Bundeswehr, Geppert.
4) SOWI-Arbeitspapier Nr. 112: ,,Die neue Bundeswehr"; www.sowi-bundeswehr.de
Source:
Germany exports weapons with atomic capacity; www.freenations.freeuk.com
