German Minister May See NATO in Iraq

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BERLIN (AP) - In an apparent softening of Germany's stance on Iraq, the defense minister said he could see a role for NATO in the country and did not exclude the possibility of German troops participating, according to remarks released Saturday.

The remarks, to be published in Sunday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, come after President Bush on Friday praised Germany's efforts at the head of peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan, thanking Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for providing support that was ``more robust than we would have anticipated.''
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He did not exclude the deployment of German troops, adding that if ``NATO resolutions are present, it could mean that we are asked'' to send peacekeepers and it would then be up to ``the government to give an answer.''

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