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Germany/US/ Terrorist attacks                                         


   Schroeder calls terror acts "war declaration against civilized    


world"                                                                


Berlin, September 11, IRNA -- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder     


called Tuesday the latest terrorist attacks in the US "a war          


declaration against civilized world".                                 


   "Whoever supports this terror violates the laws of the civilized   


world," a somber looking Schroeder said during a news conference      


broadcast live on German television.                                  


   The chancellor furthermore expressed his country's "shock" over    


the latest wave of US terrorist attacks and offered his condolences   


to the victims.                                                       


   The German government declared number one security alert, the      


highest of its kind, after an emergency session of the country's      


Federal Security Council.                                             


   Both German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Foreign Minister      


Joschka Fischer set up a crisis task force in response to the latest  


terrorist assaults.                                                   


   The German parliament Bundestag cancelled its 2002 budget          


hearings after the news of the attacks.                               


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