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German army instructor dismissed over racism Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 The German defence ministry today said it had dismissed an instructor who told a soldier to imagine he was firing a machine gun on three black men in the Bronx. "The Bundeswehr has dismissed him," a spokesman told Reuters. The spokesman said the non-commissioned officer, whose name is being withheld, had been stripped of his rank and pay. The defence ministry is still investigating a second soldier who filmed the training scenes, but it was unclear how long this investigation would take. Yesterday, it condemned the scenes depicted in the video footage as unacceptable. German television channels aired the grainy 90-second video clip over the weekend. Full Article : guardian.co.uk |
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