[Clips] Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein
--- begin forwarded text Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:49:08 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips@philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein Reply-To: clips-chat@philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces@philodox.com <http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/03/02/swiss_accidentally_invade_liechtenstein?mode=PF> 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. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 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' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips@philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 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'
At 2:52 PM -0500 3/4/07, R.A. Hettinga wrote:
Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 inhabitants and is slightly smaller than Washington DC, doesn't have an army.
So much for Leichtenstein's vaunted military intellegence capacity. ;-) Cheers, RAH The smoke smelled nice, anyway... -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 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'
On Mar 04 2007, R.A. Hettinga wrote: | So much for Leichtenstein's vaunted military intellegence capacity. This is an interesting statement... Specially given Liechtenstein's reliance on the swiss for their defense "strategy." Why would you have military intelligence if you don't have a military?
At 4:18 AM -0500 3/5/07, Gabriel Rocha wrote:
This is an interesting statement... Specially given Liechtenstein's reliance on the swiss for their defense "strategy." Why would you have military intelligence if you don't have a military?
I was being facetious. Representations of the existence of same having been made to me by someone in the past, apparently without foundation, and probably to the regret of that person now, having all grown up and gotten a real job, and all... :-) Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 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'
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