Oops!
Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 2, 2007
Filed at 11:13 p.m. ET
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.
According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.
A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story but said that there were unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion.
''We've spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein and it's not a problem,'' Daniel Reist told The Associated Press.
Officials in Liechtenstein also played down the incident.
Interior ministry spokesman Markus Amman said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no ammunition. ''It's not like they stormed over here with attack helicopters or something,'' he said.
Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 inhabitants and is slightly smaller than Washington DC, doesn't have an army.
Labels
- activism
- capitalism sucks
- antiwar
- flyer
- iraq
- funny
- feminism
- graphics
- politics
- minneapolis
- racism
- ipac
- sillyness
- imperialism
- protest
- fun
- mayday books
- meme
- workers
- minnesota
- peace
- women of color
- flyers
- video
- media
- author
- beautiful
- book review
- writing
- antiwar sign
- family
- rally
- labor
- women friends
- bookstores
- intervention
- personal
- blogwars
- cats
- unions
- art
- blogging
- humor
- iran
- stuff about me
- anger
- sexism
- st. paul
- working class
- Reading
- afghanistan
- birds
- march
- quiz
- solidarity
- LOLcat
- Typography
- immigrant rights
- gay pride
- ipaq
- news
- war
- Mayday
- afscme
- brownfemipower
- interesting
- internet
- music
- mystery
- native americans
- parody
- sign
- 1934 strike
- belledame
- classism
- dogs
- pets
- poverty
- strike
- vietnam
- Sami Rasouli
- bfp
- book group
- foreclosures
- linkage
- march 20
- poster
- ravenhub
- review
- words
- Northern sun news
- Palestine
- TV
- allied media conference
- capitalis sucks
- daughters
- detroit
- execution
- health care
- housing
- love
- marge piercy
- marx
- mayday parade
- movie
- parenting
- poetry
- test
- transgender
- transphobia
- violence
- Alan
- Cindy Sheehan
- Doris Lessing
- GLBT
- Iris Murdoch
- LOLSenator
- Nice Guy Syndrome
- Sox
- WAMM
- Zionism
- adoption
- advertising
- ampersand
- animals
- arab
- assholes
- awesome
- barbara smith
- catalyst
- children
- cold
- craft
- cranes
- death
- disability rights
- elections
- fbi harassment
- ferry
- fiction
- food not bombs
- georgia
- guitar
- hate
- home
- ivaw
- latin america
- lee maracle
- libya
- march 18
- michigan
- neighborhood
- news release
- peronsal
- photography
- police
- pornography
- radio flyer KFAI
- renegade evolution
- rnc
- russia
- socialism
- storms
- suleman
- sweet
- teach in
- technology
- tornado
- trip
- vacation
- veterinarian
Blog Archive
-
▼
2007
(156)
-
▼
March
(20)
- InspiredYolanda Carrington at great post about the...
- The hidden poorOn a thread a while back a woman sp...
- Last one to view it?I've never tried embedding a v...
- Missed it60 Minutes had an interview by Katie Cour...
- Watch thisFrom Mad TV on Youtube.
- Oh crapI wish Queer Dewd, formerly known as Prince...
- SUCCESS!Thousands of Minneapolis protesters march ...
- Five questions memevia BelledameHere's the deal:Le...
- Serendipity on the InternetBrownfemipower is writi...
- Playing with the layoutTonight I started playing a...
- Sami makes it to Metafilter.By good friend, Sami R...
- A PleaThis weekend marks the 4th anniversary of th...
- Thanks to My Private Casbah
- SacrificesFirst, a little background:BelleDame has...
- Newspaper adWe're putting an ad into the Minnesota...
- Oops!Swiss Accidentally Invade LiechtensteinBy THE...
- Adding the endorsersSo you've got your nice layout...
- En espanolJust got the Spanish translation for our...
- The Art of MisdirectionMagicians use intricate han...
- New AddictionThis Geogrpahy Quiz is the kind of te...
-
▼
March
(20)
My Blog List
Search This Blog
Monday, March 05, 2007
Posted by Ravenmn at 8:45 AM
Labels: funny, imperialism, intervention
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comments:
Heh. Oops.
Post a Comment