Friday, June 06, 2003

Ok, I know I am a little late,but was looking around to see what other nations had to say about yesterday's death of the former German politician. It was very interesting to see what the different media outlets had to say about his person.

Washington Post:
Juergen Moellemann, 57, a former government minister accused of injecting anti-Semitism into last year's German election campaign and implicated in a party funding scandal, died in a parachute jump June 5 while prosecutors searched his home for evidence of financial wrongdoing.

Expatica:
The Arab world has lost a friend, supporter and businessman with the death of former German politician Juergen Moellemann.
Arab politicians and business partners in the Mideast welcomed his critical stance towards Israel, which caused political uproar in Germany last year and eventually led to his downfall.
The Arab world has lost a friend, supporter and businessman with the death of former German politician Juergen Moellemann.
"As president of the German-Arab society, Moellemann was a great advocate of Arab issues and has done a lot to promote economics," said Peter Goepfrich, head of the German-Arab Chamber of Commerce in Cairo.


Now those are only the beginnings of the articles but they are introducing the reader to Moellemann.

I just thought this was very interesting to see and since it is a very big topic in Germany right now I am somewhat interested in it as well.

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