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Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:49:08 -0500
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From: "R.A. Hettinga"
Subject: [Clips] Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/03/02/swiss_accidental...
The Boston Globe
Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein
March 2, 2007
ZURICH, Switzerland --What began as a routine training exercise almost
ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss
soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.
According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just
over a mile across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early
Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.
A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story but said that there were
unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion.
"We've spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein and it's not a problem,"
Daniel Reist told The Associated Press.
Officials in Liechtenstein also played down the incident.
Interior ministry spokesman Markus Amman said nobody in Liechtenstein had
even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no
ammunition. "It's not like they stormed over here with attack helicopters
or something," he said.
Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 inhabitants and is slightly smaller
than Washington DC, doesn't have an army.
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R. A. Hettinga
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44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
