Is there a war on democracy? German Military will fight against demonstrators in Germany Berlin. (red / and). October 7, 2008. The German military forces, Bundeswehr, will in the future be used against demonstrators in Germany if they are accounted as a threat to national security or perhaps even accounted as so called ?terrorists?. On the decision of the coalition committee at the weekend, the Germany Military, called Bundeswehr will also contribute to domestic security operation, said Ulla Jelpke, a journalist and domestic policy spokesman of the left-wing political party THE LEFT: "With the decisions of the Coalition Committee, the Army will soon also be used during demonstrations. Already at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm in 2007 were armored vehicles and combat aircraft of the German Armed Forces for the observation of demonstrators used. At the time, said the security authorities in advance of allegedly planned attacks against the summit....

Free Press Calls for Charges to Be Dropped Against Amy Goodman, Independent Journalists Contact: Craig Aaron, Free Press, (202) 265-1490, x25 WASHINGTON, D.C./freepress.net -- Today Free Press, the national, nonpartisan media reform group, called on St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and local law enforcement officials to drop all charges against all journalists arrested while covering protests outside the Republican National Convention. Those arrested Monday include Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and two producers from her show, as well as a photographer from the Associated Press. Other independent journalists have been pepper-sprayed and even held at gunpoint during "pre-emptive" raids aimed at disrupting protesters. This follows the arrest of an ABC News producer at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press, made the following statement: "We condemn the arrest and harassment of journalists...