Eight left-wing politicians are suing Angela Merkel for aiding and abetting the murder. The allegation concerns the killing of the Iranian general Soleimani.
- Angela Merkel is awaiting criminal charges for aiding and abetting the murder .
- Members of the Bundestag of the Left have filed the complaint with the Federal Attorney General.
- It is about the killing of top Iranian general Ghassem Soleimani .
Update at 2:38 p.m .: In addition to Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) , Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) , Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) were charged by several left-wing MPs for aiding and abetting the murder . The left MP Alexander Neu said on Thursday.
"We can no longer accept that the Federal Government enables and supports the US drone war, which violates international law, and thus also breaks international law itself," Neu justified the step by the left . The members of the federal government would also have to be held personally responsible for this.
Left-wing MPs are suing Angela Merkel for aiding and abetting the murder
First report from February 27, 2020:
Berlin - The killing of the Iranian general Ghassem Soleimani in a US drone attack now has a political aftermath for Angela Merkel. Eight members of the German Bundestag have filed criminal charges against members of the Federal Government with the Attorney General .
The allegation: Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and members of her government are suspected of “helping to refrain from murdering” Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis , the deputy head of the Iraqi people's mobilization forces , said on Thursday Ad that was available to the German Press Agency in Berlin.
Angela Merkel: Left goes to court against Chancellor - the charge: Aid to murder by omission
The leftists rely on reports and explanations that data streams for US drone strikes run through the US air base Ramstein in Rhineland-Palatinate . Although US President Donald Trump * ordered the deadly drone attack, the left-wing politicians apparently see complicity in Merkel and other government members. They are convinced that the federal government should have stopped the data flows via Ramstein .
Soleimani * had been killed on January 3 near Baghdad Airport by rockets launched from a U.S. Reaper drone. He was commanding the Iranian Al-Kuds Brigades . The Vice-Chief of the Iraqi People's Mobilization Force, Al-Muhandis, was also killed. The ad also mentions the killing of an airport employee who happened to be nearby and four other people in the vehicle column. The killings occurred as tensions escalated in the Middle East . But the region has long been considered a powder keg *.
Following the killing of Soleimani, tensions between Iran and the United States intensified. Experts feared that the situation would escalate further *, and in fact there have been several attacks on US bases in Iraq since then. You can find more information in the video below.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.