Black Book weapons trade. As Germany earned on war

Murder Business in sight: Jürgen Grässlins "Black Book weapons trade. As Germany earned on war "

An outcry! Only Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Mali - and soon even Iran?
"Renewed war and civil war, renewed battles and massacres, executions and other human rights abuses of the worst kind will follow when the world community is not final." It is written, the just-published book by Jürgen Graesslin titled "Black Book weapons trade. As Germany earned on war. "

Jürgen Graesslin is a courageous journalist and a missionary. As it is, he is one of the most prominent opponents of arms of Germany. He is spokesman for the Federal German Peace Society - United Opponents of Military Service (DFG-VK) and others Spokesman for the campaign 'Action outcry: Stop the Arms Trade "He is the author of numerous critical books about arms exports and military and economic policy. He was awarded the "Aachen Peace Prize." He is a man of thorough research and fact. Even in the legal dispute. He speaks of successful campaigns from the peace, women, human rights and development work of churches and unions of such activists who are "against the production and export of particularly reprehensible weapons systems - such as landmines or cluster munitions - or against the arms trade as such "contact.


In the "Black Book", he delivers once again a duel with the power, because it is about the sausage. To Profit and resources worldwide. And if you must - with war and murder and cold factored dead, alleged "national interests" because of. There is no "you! Outraged" a hip? Who seconded as Jürgen Graesslin and the growing number of protesters? Who dares out of cover and spits the war profiteers heavily in the soup? And the peaceful from all guns? Two further attacks were recently in May against corporate bosses and their political stooges. As ZDF those guilty of murder and global wars took his post "Deadly Deals" relentlessly targeted. And on the square in Frederick Hagen blared on 27 May three thousand resisters outraged the airport disaster, the squandering of taxpayers' money, the undue noise 22-06 clock No you receive. It was the hundredth Monday demonstration! The heroes of the citizens of Berlin and Brandenburg initiatives Rehearse the Uprising.

They prove just as thousands of others as secondary Danten the author Graesslin for a better world. He runs over 600 pages argumentative and polemical an elite that is committed to totbringenden arms exports in the parade. The peaceful arsenal of journalism is in high use against the arsenal of killing machine. A largely hushed topic, driving this killing, but an outrageous profits, despite the fact that German is killed with weapons and lynched, protesters are shot. No trace of ethics and morality. A whole bag of explosive data and documents pours from the author to the readers, this offender profiles 20 and 23 information boxes. So get the victim a voice and the perpetrators' names and faces, "he writes.

Jürgen Graesslin refers to the Potsdam Conference from 17 July to 2 August 1945 took place. There was inter alia the complete disarmament and demilitarization of Germany and the elimination of the entire German war production decision. Both in the Preamble of the Constitution as well as Article 26 is the peacekeeping "committed", "unconstitutional" explains the aggressive war for and "designed for warfare weapons may made only with the approval of the Federal Government, transported and placed on the market".

However, word and deed diverged. "To re-militarization of Germany was next to his own army and the reconstruction of an independent defense industry." Above all, the United States have shown interest in the German rearmament what the Adenauer government did heartily to use. "The ghosts of the past came back in a new guise," says Jürgen Graesslin. Not to forget: Proven to support old Nazi squads!

Jürgen Graesslin leaves no doubt: arms exports must be banned. And if they are already practicing, they are according to the Basic Law and many times revised policy principles strict conditions. Thus, the human rights may not be exported to countries and countries that practice hurtful actions. Reference is made to "make arms exports to own political ideas" and as amended in 1971, "Political Principles" to the will of the federal government, for example, on page 34th From the export of German war weapons, the principles little later addition, areas of tension were excluded, "when a disturbance of the peaceful coexistence of nations or a serious disturbance to foreign relations of the Federal Republic of Germany to fear" was. Despite these limitations, the author must find time and time again: The reality is different. Weapons of war would indeed delivered to countries outside the Atlantic Alliance, to areas of tension as well as in countries of the Third World "limitless".

The writer looks with incredible meticulousness behind the scenes of the four consensus politics, corporations, banks and military. They all pull together when it comes not only to secure profits, but to expand its political and economic hegemony in Europe and in the world. At the forefront of the arms manufacturers, the author, are among others Euro Fighter Jagflugzeug GmbH, Heckler & Koch, EADS, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, MTU Friedrichshafen, Rheinmetall, Daimler AG and Daimler Trucks North America. Suppose you only Heckler & Koch under the microscope. This group has close ties to Saudi Arabia, because the feudal dictatorship Gulf have received permission to produce German assault rifles under license itself. It refers to the massive human rights violations, responsible for the regime in Riyadh, particularly on the bloody suppression of the Shiite minority in the east of the country. 2012 Berlin have agreed to "small arms" exports worth over 76 million euros. Small arms are inter alia Pistols, machine guns and assault rifles. Expert they call the "weapons of mass destruction 21 Century ".

Saudi Arabia had always been an ally in the fight against terrorism and al-Qaeda, criticism of international law, military action would - if at all - only restrained advanced, and black and yellow threw all caution to the wind and increased the export of arms in 2010 a unique record . Finally, the "Political Principles" degenerated in the era Merkel / Steinmeier finally to waste. It is particularly reprehensible when, for example, red-green plant upgrading the regime in Riyadh. Thus, the value of arms export licenses rose by the federal government and subordinate control authorities of DM 51.1 million (1999) to DM 72.8 million (2000). Quite legally immigrated parts for rifles and carbines shooting, production equipment for parts of machine guns and automatic rifles, ammunition for howitzers and parts for combat aircraft in Saud Arabia. After seven years of the reign of arms exports have amounted to a volume of about 8.3 billion U.S. dollars - a fiasco.

As a classic war profiteers Jürgen Graesslin denotes the arms manufacturers and suppliers. In the era of Christian social and the first year of the Christian-Liberal coalition from 2005 to 2010 alone provided the "six leading defense companies in Germany (with MTU Aero Engines) weapons of war with a total value of 127.71 billion U.S. dollars in NATO countries , NATO-associated countries and third countries, including many warring and human rights-defying States. "

Who makes the final decision on arms sales? That is, the Federal Security - but largely behind closed doors. Is to certify the federal governments since the mid-50s of the 20th Century a disastrous overall balance. CDU / CSU, SPD and FDP, Germany established in third place in the world arms exporters after the U.S. and Russia. Just taken the following statement, also with regard to future elections: "It ultimately did not matter which coalition stopped the government power from the four old parties."

That corporations and banks benefit from the business not new. Less attention are the means of lobbying, in which, according to the author, have to ensure, through personal contacts of personnel "between industry and official page" for a "close and trusting cooperation." Literally this: According to research by the magazine, it was clear that "the arms company Heckler & Koch of Oberndorf have donated Neckar $ 20,000 for the party coffers of the FDP after the company in the (...) Ministry of Economy to the approval for the export of weapons parts at a weapons factory was also agreed in Saudi Arabia. "

Debunking affect those passages that deal with the multiple whitewashing, the concealments of the business, the tricks in the choice of words and the cover-ups in terms of motivation. Instead of war, saying for example "stabilization operations". There must, and the author stresses repeatedly serve specious arguments, the first of the jobs, the arms export only contributes 0.12 percent to the total export. Even worse is when the thinking and motivations of arms profiteers come to light, and so expose the perpetrators and their true "human" intentions "interest of securing peace" reveal. Man proposes formally hands together over his head, when, for example, reads such statements: the Euro Fighter on "the multi-role combat aircraft capable officer in the Joint Staff of the Air Force a crucial role in future wars" of the measures. And elsewhere: "For future air wars of the new military transporter in the areas of tension in the Middle East was" eminently suitable, as the royal family in Riyadh. Frightening as it gets. Since Wolfgang Dürr of the EADS Astrium describes the meaning of "space for use in the war. (...) Since the time of national war was largely over, these systems must be able to cooperate internationally. (...) Wars will be fought and won from space ".

One of the main motives for arms deals expresses the co-founder of the Anti-Imperialist Angolan human rights initiative Matondo, the Jürgen Graesslin quoted as saying: Ultimately, it also for Germany "for resources and raw materials," said Matondo. Germany wanted to "assure military influence and thus the access to raw materials (...), as well as the trade routes for oil and gas."

An outcry would have to deal with. There are increasing tendencies to violent conflict resolution? What is the mad arms race that pushes for war to stop? The conclusion of the author is: "These facts point to one of the most uncomfortable truths 20th and 21 Century: Member states of the European Union - the Nobel Peace 2012 - and the UN (...) have with their supply of military weapons and military equipment to aggressors and warmongers, despots and dictators makes the world wars and civil wars "is why pose the question: How can the. vicious cycle of weapons production, export and use to be broken?


That is the question of all questions. Anyway: The author has the defense industry in focus. It is an - albeit the most aggressive - part of a bursting of intrigue and arrogance industrial dynasty. This one will not be forgotten. Illusionary rational reminders resort there probably too short. Not a replacement of those responsible and the guilty. The armor opponents, the demonstrators in the square Friedrich Hagen against the thousands of other business leaders and citizens who can imagine a different economic order may join forces, because individual fighters have no chance. That is the conclusion of this super-fight against the omnipotence of capital font. As long as the murder (s) brothers who call the shots, they must remain in their sights. The peaceful duel with the weapons available to the culture commandments, may not perish in the fire against the bourgeois media. Outrage! cries the author. What to do? he asks. Maybe a decent Dacapo? Country and State in the hands of the people? Civil disobedience? It's not just about the outcry, but also about doing so the vigilantes in south-east Berlin, for example against "Müggelberge Flight Routes". Because: "Who puts profits before human life, makes morally and ethnically complicit in the mass deaths of innocent people." The Black Book of Jürgen Graesslin is a book of superlatives was to stimulate thought. A stroke of luck for the resistance, because the dueling needs Danten seconds.

Jürgen Graesslin: "Black Book weapons trade. As Germany earned on war "Paperback: 624 pages Publisher: Heyne Verlag (May 13, 2013), Language: German ISBN-10: 3453602374, ISBN-13: 978-3453602373