Word: sonntag
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...deadly battle last week also sparked a fierce row in Germany over the lack of military equipment and training for soldiers in Afghanistan. In an interview with the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, retired General Harald Kujat, formerly the highest-ranking German soldier and chairman of the NATO Military Committee, accused the government of "ignorance regarding the military's needs," especially when it comes to manpower and equipment. Likewise, Reinhold Robbe, the outgoing parliamentary ombudsman for the armed forces, told the Bild newspaper on Tuesday that members of the paratrooper unit that came under attack in Kunduz had previously complained...
...letter prompted a wave of attacks on Merkel's leadership in the German media. The country's biggest-selling tabloid, Bild am Sonntag, ran a headline on its front page reading, "The Men's Rebellion Against Merkel," while the Süddeutsche paper published a commentary saying that the Chancellor had been "apathetic and too lazy to think" during last fall's negotiations to form a new government. Experts say the criticism is not entirely surprising. "Chancellor Merkel has to take this letter seriously as it's struck a chord with thousands of conservative supporters," Langguth says. (Read "Anger Mounts...