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Fri 09 Sep 2009Germans deny officer violated Nato policy
GERMANY HAS played down reports that one of its colonels disobeyed the Nato line of command in ordering an air strike in Afghanistan last Friday that killed at least 70 people, including civilians.
The claim is made in a preliminary report on the incident leaked to the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper yesterday.
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