Utopia Talk / Politics / German army shows its destructive power

Daemon Member	Fri Sep 21 16:01:40 That shall be a warning to all of our enemies! http://www...on-as-blaze-spreads/a-45590381 Germany moorland fire sparks disaster situation as blaze spreads Authorities have told residents near the northern German town of Meppen to prepare to evacuate amid a raging moorland fire. The fire was started by Germany's military testing rockets in area. Authorities in the German state of Lower Saxony said on Friday that up to three towns near the site of a moorland fire at a Bundeswehr testing facility may have to be evacuated. The head of the Emsland district authority, Reinhard Winter, said it could no longer be ruled out that the approximately 1,000 residents of the towns of Gross Stavern and Klein Stavern might have to be taken to safety. "It, of course, depends on how firefighting efforts go on the Bundeswehr terrain and on the changing weather conditions as to whether there has to be an evacuation at all," Winter said. He said stormy conditions, such as 85 kph (52 mph) winds, meant that smoke and flying sparks could increase Later on Friday, local news outlets reported that the fire had grown to the size of 1,000 football fields. Local official Marc-Andre Burgdorf said the residents of the two towns "are advised to keep calm, but should pack up the most important documents such as IDs, as well as necessary medications, just in case." Later in the day, authorities in the district of Emsland said that 7,500 people living in the area of Sögel might also need to be moved. Prosecutors in Lower Saxony said they were investigating the possibility of "negligent arson." Bundeswehr under criticism So far, smoke has been detected more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the site of the fire near the town of Meppen, causing residents to complain. The fire broke out more than two weeks ago after helicopters fired rockets over the moor as part of a drill. Usually, special fire engines are employed to douse the flames ensuing from such tests, but one was out of action and the other undergoing maintenance work at the time. Germany's Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen apologized in the name of Germany's Bundeswehr "to all of the people in the region suffering the effects of the fire. Speaking to the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on Friday, she said the moor fire was "a very serious incident that must not happen this way." Von der Leyen is set to travel to the area on Saturday to survey the damage and meet with officials. The Bundeswehr has been criticized for conducting the tests amid the extremely dry summer conditions. The moor is made even more flammable by its peat reserves, which can lead to smoldering fires underground that are hard to detect and fight. The situation is made yet more dangerous by unexploded ordnance buried in the soil of the area, which has been used by the German army since 1876.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Fri Sep 21 16:27:09 Training for scorched earth, germans only wage war hardcore mode. No retreat, because there is nothing to retreat to.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Fri Sep 21 16:31:58 Es ist ein befehl!!
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Fri Sep 21 16:34:27 Also how ironic that the current german military fucking up this area is made more dangerous by the fact that the german military has been fucking up this area since 1876.
swordtail Anarchist Prime	Fri Sep 21 16:44:56 fire purifies
Rugian Member	Sat Sep 22 11:08:09 They probably discovered that the moorland was one of Hitler's favorite spots and immediately decided to destroy it.
Pillz Member	Sat Sep 22 13:43:16 Nim has that sort of backwards. The Russians burn it all down, so the Germans have both nothing to retreat to as well as nothing to advance towards but their guns. Not terribly dissimilar to the defense of Aleppo, where obviously the terrorists are our German placeholder
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