(8 Sep 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of anti-war protest in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
2. Mid of banner reading (in German): "NATO out of Afghanistan"
3. Mid of protesters carrying flags, signs
4. Close of The Left party's Chairman Gregor Gysi speaking on stage
5. Wide of protesters applauding
6. Close up of banner reading (in German): "German troops out of Afghanistan"
7. SOUNDBITE (German) Michael Eld, Protester:
"We demand the German military to be pulled out of Afghanistan and an end to the war there. Of course the question is how the war can be stopped, there the suggestion is to get Afghans to find a solution themselves."
8. SOUNDBITE (German) Andreas Kraemmer, Protester:
"Do you really believe that a good job can be done in Afghanistan? We should only start here (in Germany, where) money is missing on every corner, is being saved everywhere. And they're try to tell us they have enough money to do a good job in Afghanistan?"
9. Wide of protesters listening to speaker at Brandenburg Gate
STORYLINE:
About one hundred supporters of Germany's The Left party gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Tuesday to demand the withdrawal of German troops from Afghanistan.
Protesters carried banners and signs demanding an end to the war and the immediate return of German troops.
The demonstration was held the same day the NATO-led force acknowledged for the first time that Afghan civilians were killed in a German-ordered airstrike last week on two stolen fuel tankers.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday in Berlin that she would not accept premature judgments over the actions of German forces and pledged German support for a thorough investigation.
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