[The Unknown]

Fri Mar 2, 8:51 AM ET



ZURICH, Switzerland - 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.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070302/ap_on_...staken_invasion

[crocobaur]

No si? nici elvetienii nu-s perfecti

[Marlboro]

Elvetia garanteaza ORICÂND securitatea celui de-al 27 canton neoficial, Lichtenstein....

Tocmai pen'ca principatul nu are o armata proprie, pe când elvetia are, si înca una din cele mai performante din lume.

[The Unknown]

Marlboro, la Mar 4 2007, 08:24 AM, a spus:

Elvetia garanteaza ORICÂND securitatea celui de-al 27 canton neoficial, Lichtenstein....

Tocmai pen'ca principatul nu are o armata proprie, pe când elvetia are, si înca una din cele mai performante din lume.

Dar nu se orienteaza in intuneric !!!

[Marlboro]

Poate bausera Grand Marinier.
Sa vorbim de gafele altor armate, Olga ? de exemplu de cei ce sin greseala au aterizat în Irak si nu mai gasesc usa de la iesire ?
în lichtenstein se trece pe un pod..în afara de doua tablite la mijolcul podului, nimic nu indica ca ai fi intrat în spatiul schengen. sau nu ?
whatever.