Der bayrische Landesinnenminister fordert, schon wieder, den Militäreinsatz im Innern. Im Gegensatz zu seiner nur Tage alten Vorstellung entscheidet darüber nun nicht mehr die Polizei, sondern seine eigene Landesregierung.

Earlier, she told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper that she had been put under pressure to detail the presence of the local police at the Bastille Day fireworks event and report national police had been deployed at two points.

„The national police were perhaps there, but I couldn‘t see them on the video,“ Bertin told the newspaper, adding that she was ordered „to put in the specific positions of the national police, which I had not seen on the screen“.

François Hollande urged both the public and politicians to have faith in the system and let the inquiry run its course.

(22.7.2016) French counter-terrorist police asked local authorities in Nice to delete CCTV images from the Promenade des Anglais on the night of the July 14th truck attack. But why?

In a television interview, the usually unflappable Cazeneuve hit out at right-wing politicians from Nice, led by the regional president Christian Estrosi, who he accused of almost daily lies and political broadsides in the wake of the Nice massacre.

„This has to stop, there can be no room for doubt in the fight against terrorism,“ Valls said. „I don‘t have any doubts about Bernard Cazeneuve.“

A strong NATO is essential for the security of the United States, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Friday.

„Now it really is over,“ said Prodi in reference to Turkey‘s position following last week‘s attempted military coup and the ensuing political purges.
„And it may have to forget NATO as well“.

“Therefore, the liberation of Mosul is very important for the Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG],” Barzani said in the interview, adding that the operation to retake the city from its Islamic State (ISIS) occupiers is only in the planning stage.

“There are two reasons … From the military and security point of view, who will control the city in the future? The control of the city must be carefully evaluated,” PM Barzani told VOA. “In my view, who controls the city after the liberation is of utmost importance. Aside from this, the Iraqi Army is not adequately ready and could take months to get ready.”

Nechirvan Barzani: Mosul is close to Irbil and Dohuk, and can greatly impact Kirkuk. Therefore, the liberation of Mosul is very important for Kurdish Regional Government [KRG]. Our Peshmerga forces will have the central role, and we coordinate with Baghdad, the international coalition, and particularly the United States. We are at the planning stage.

McGurk in press statements, said, “The international coalition’s strategy for the next period focuses on the involvement of local people in the fight against ISIS to achieve strong results.”

Warum also verriet nun die Ministerin höchstpersönlich ohne Not, dass die Feldjäger, also die Militärpolizei der Bundeswehr, sich zwischenzeitlich bereit gehalten hatten? Hatte überhaupt jemand die Truppe angefordert oder nach ihr gefragt? Und wer hatte sich da eigentlich genau bereit gehalten?

Zunächst zum Motiv der Ministerin. Dafür muss man sich erinnern, dass Union und SPD erst kürzlich heftig über Bundeswehr-Einsätze im Innern gestritten hatten.

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