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Guarantor of Stability (II) 2011/02/11
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CAIRO/BERLIN (Own report) - Serious accusations about the use of torture are being raised subscribe
Documents against the Egyptian military, which for decades had been supported by the Federal Republic
of Germany. Over the past few days, according to reports by various human rights Archive by country
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organizations, soldiers have abducted hundreds - possibly even thousands - of
demonstrators and tortured many of them. Serious accusations had already been raised
earlier against the Mukhabarat secret service, a partner agency to the West German Federal
Intelligence Service (BND), which had been presided over by the Egyptian Vice President
Omar Suleiman, considered currently the most powerful individual in Cairo. Suleiman now threatens a putsch.
News in brief Strong West German support for the Egyptian military and the Mukhabarat was not limited to the 1950s.
Following an interruption due to a reorientation in US foreign policy strategy, West Germany has been re-
Rasse engaged in Egypt's arms buildup and training since the late 1970s. This has to be seen in the context of Interviews
06.09.2010 geostrategic considerations for controlling the resources of the Middle East region, which is why this support Seyoum Habtemariam
will be continued in spite of the current accusations of torture. Berhanu Nega
Ein ehemaliger deutscher
Bildungsminister plädiert  Stefan de Vylder
für den Gebrauch des  Roger Cole
Wortes "Rasse" als Torturer
Bezeichnung für  David Barouski
Human rights organizations are raising serious accusations of torture against the Egyptian military. As Human
Minderheiten. Daud Miraki
Rights Watch reported, soldiers and military police officers have arbitrarily abducted at least 119 protestors
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over the past few days, several of whom have been tortured.[1] Observers estimate the total number of Eric Toussaint
victims, among them journalists, to range into the hundreds, "possibly thousands."[2] Reports began to John Laughland
surface already earlier that the Mukhabarat secret service, an appendage of the military, had also abducted Helmut Strizek
Ungesühnt journalists.[3] Mukhabarat is a partner agency to the West German Federal Intelligence Service (BND). The
20.08.2010
long-time head of the Mukhabarat, Omar Suleiman, recently named Vice President, and currently the most
Das Massaker von Kunduz
powerful individual in Cairo, has threatened a putsch, if the protests do not subside soon. Repression and
vom September 2009 threats are intended to insure the predominance of the military, which, de facto, already has control of the
bleibt ungesühnt. government.
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Cooperation
Cooperation between Germany's Bundeswehr and BND with the repressive organs of the Egyptian state dates
back to the 1950s, when former Nazi Wehrmacht and SS personnel were involved in upgrading the Egyptian
Zwischen Russland und
China
military. (german-foreign-policy.com reported.[4]) This cooperation had been successful for more than a
19.08.2010 decade until it was interrupted in the 60s.

Mit einer Reise in die

A New US Strategy
Mongolei stärkt der  The German-Egyptian military and intelligence service cooperation was interrupted in the 60s after the US
deutsche Minister für  government changed the course of its Middle East policy in the mid 1950s. In the aftermath of the Free
Entwicklung die Stellung Officers' putsch, Washington had initially sought to solidly bind Egypt to the western camp. Soon it became
Berlins in Asien - gegen clear that Cairo was insisting on its autonomy. The Egyptian government refused to join the NATO-appendage,
China. the pro-western "Baghdad Pact", founded in 1955 and sought to obtain arms supplies from Czechoslovakia and
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the Soviet Union. Shortly before the 1956 Suez Crisis, the CIA was developing its first plans to overthrow
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser - plans that were initially promoted and further pursued in the 60s by
CIA agent Frank Wisner, the father of the current US special envoy to Egypt.[5] Following the Suez Crisis, the
Ein Denkmal für die  USA settled on a Middle East strategy targeting Egypt and other nations of the region seeking their autonomy
Zarin [6] - and relied on Israel, as its military deputy, for pursuing its hegemonic plans.
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Military Cooperation with Israel
Am vergangenen Freitag Bonn, at the time, was also called upon for its support. In 1957 the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel,
ist im ostdeutschen
the USA's central partner, entered secret talks on military cooperation - at a time, when there were no
Zerbst ein Denkmal für 
Zarin Katharina die Große  diplomatic relations between the two countries, because they would have been difficult to justify to Israeli
enthüllt worden. Holocaust survivors. After delivery of German tanks and warships, providing a boost to the German arms
ex.klusiv industry, top secret contacts were initiated between the Mossad and the tightly CIA bound BND, under the
leadership of the former Nazi agent Reinhard Gehlen. Military cooperation between Bonn and Cairo no longer
fit into this new orientation of the West German - US-American Middle East policy, even though, for a while,
Der erste Tote Washington still viewed the cooperation with toleration, because it kept Cairo from entering unilateral military
06.07.2010 cooperation with the Eastern European nations. But, when a new escalation loomed on the horizon in the
1960s, this cooperation was terminated.
Berichten zufolge hat der
zur Fußball-WM kräftig  Rockets and Assassination Attempts
geschürte deutsche  The rocket development program, initiated in Egypt by former Nazi rocket specialists following the Suez Crisis,
Nationalismus ein erstes came to a spectacular end. The program was directly aimed at arming Egypt against Israel,[7] but also
Todesopfer gefordert. concurred with West German interests, since this permitted Bonn to circumvent its prohibition and develop its
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own rocket technology. West Germany was hoping to assuage Israel with the delivery of anti-missile defense
systems. At the beginning of the 60s, pressure mounted also in the USA to end the program. Several
assassination attempts - some successful - were carried out in 1962 and 1963 against West German rocket
Neue Armut specialists, who had sought to continue to fulfill their (formally) private business contracts. The attacks were
16.06.2010 carried out in West Germany by the Mossad with the connivance of the BND, which provided training and false
papers. These assassinations are a prime example of the new West German-Israeli cooperation against
Eine neue Studie belegt
die Zunahme der Armut in
insubordinate Arab nations - under the aegis of the new US-American Middle East strategy.[8] Finally Bonn
Deutschland. Hintergrund even broke off diplomatic relations to Cairo in 1965, terminated all economic aid and arranged for an
ist die Sparpolitik Berlins exchange of ambassadors with Israel.[9]
zur Steigerung der
Exporte. Renewal
ex.klusiv The German government renewed its intelligence and military cooperation only in the 1970s. Very much to the
liking of Washington and Bonn, Anwar as-Sadat, after taking office in 1970, was intensively seeking sources of
western capital. In August 1973, the Egyptian espionage service was again accepted as one of the BND's
Panzer säen partner services. This new cooperation suffered a brief setback during the Yom Kippur War until, in the run-up
26.04.2010 to the Camp David Accords, the BND held regular meetings on the highest level with the Egyptian intelligence
service. The publicist Erich Schmidt-Eenboom notes that in 1978, "the Egyptian intelligence service received
Der deutsche Panzerbauer unusual strong support" from the BND, including the delivery of German technology and the corresponding
Rheinmetall erhält Mittel  training in radio surveillance.[10]
aus dem Agraretat der
EU. ex.klusiv Controlling Resources
Since then, German-Egyptian cooperation has been an element of the correlation of forces, in which Egypt, on
the basis of the Camp David Accords, operates in close partnership with the USA and, therefore, also Israel. It
Am Rande der was no coincidence that Israel was the first country mentioned, when possible exile countries for Hosni
Müllkippe Mubarak were debated. The US-led cooperation is seeking, in particular, to maintain western control over
16.04.2010 Middle East resources and to prevent the formation of a common Arab front against western hegemony, such
as the one sought in the 1950s by President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who the CIA sought to overthrow. The
Ein neues Abkommen cooperation of the Bundeswehr, the German police and the BND with Egypt is part of this effort. The German
bereitet die Abschiebung
weiterer Flüchtlinge in das  Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) has one and the German Federal Police has two liaison officers
Kosovo vor. permanently stationed in Cairo. Between 1999 and 2009 alone, Egypt received German military supplies worth
ex.klusiv 270 million Euros. The armed forces of both countries have a cooperation program. The German Bundeswehr
is currently training eleven officers of the Egyptian army. In spite of the current demonstrations, this
cooperation will be continued. It serves geo-strategic objectives, and from the German point of view, will not
Mehr Effizienz im be jeopardized, even by the battle for democracy taking place in Cairo.
Krieg [1] Egypt: Investigate Arrests of Activists, Journalists; www.hrw.org 09.02.2011
14.04.2010 [2] Egypt's army 'involved in detentions and torture'; www.guardian.co.uk 09.02.2011
[3] Im Folterknast des Muchabarat; www.spiegel.de 06.02.2011
Eine neue Kommission [4] see also Guarantor of Stability (I)
erarbeitet Konzepte zur [5] Tim Weiner: Legacy of Ashes. The History of the CIA, New York 2008. On Wisner see also Orderly Transition
Steigerung der Effizienz [6] Schriftlich fixiert wurde diese Strategie in der Eisenhower-Doktrin vom 5. Januar 1957.
der Bundeswehr. [7] Dalia Abu Samra: Deutschlands Außenpolitik gegenüber Ägypten, Berlin 2002
ex.klusiv [8] Shlomo Shpiro: Für die Sicherheit Israels kooperieren wir sogar mit dem Teufel; www.berlinonline.de 08.01.2000
[9], [10] Erich Schmidt-Eenboom: Der deutsche Geheimdienst im Nahen Osten. Geheime Hintergründe und Fakten, München 2007

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