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well good old Herr Molleman this is promising Poor old Herr shroeder Ill bet he had wished he'd kept his mouth shut last week describing Herr molleman as a one of the Sensible voices in the free democratic party.
Like Mr Bush he proably choked on a pretzel when he heard this!
LOL LOLhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-420133,00.html

September 19, 2002

Israel critic breaks national taboo
By Roger Boyes


GERMANY'S election campaign took a nasty twist yesterday when a
senior politician from the Free Democratic Party attacked the Israeli
Government and a leading member of the German Jewish community.
J�rgen M�llemann, deputy chairman of the Free Democrats, has already
been in hot water for declaring that there should be no taboo on
criticising Israel. His comments in May almost ripped apart his
party, but also gave it a temporary boost in the opinion polls. Many
German voters agree with Herr M�llemann.

Now Herr M�llemann has returned to the fray. At an election rally in
Aachen he was applauded when he said: "I will continue to describe
Israel as a war-mongering state as long as Ariel Sharon, the Prime
Minister, violates the Oslo peace treaty."

No one, he said, would stop him, not even "the Friedmanns of this
world". Michel Friedmann, a Christian Democrat who is also deputy
leader of the Jewish community, is one of Herr M�llemann's most
outspoken critics.

For the Free Democrats, the incident is profoundly embarrassing: the
party regards itself as the kingmaker in a tight election, capable of
a coalition with either the Social Democrats or the Christian
Democrats. Only last week Gerhard Schr�der described Herr M�llemann
as one of the sensible voices in the Free Democratic Party.

Herr M�llemann hatched the Free Democrat plan to declare 18 per cent
support as its target. A liberal group appealing mainly to small
businessmen and economic reformers, it rarely scores much more than
10 per cent.

Both the phrasing and the timing — in the midst of a debate on
whether Germany should fight Iraq — have ensured that Herr M�llemann
is being ostracised by the political establishment.

Paul Spiegel, the head of the Central Council of German Jews,
said: "Anyone who positions himself like this in the final stretch of
an election campaign has disqualified himself from a democratic
election."

Other Free Democrats, nervous that Herr M�llemann would deny their
chance of power, distanced themselves. "An unbelievable error,"
Burkhard Hirsch said. "Not very sensible," Guido Westerwelle, the
party leader, said.

Herr M�llemann chairs the German-Arab friendship society and has many
contacts in the Middle East.

He has visited Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader.







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