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US Defence Secretary DONALD RUMSFELD'straight talking has won him few friends in Berlin. (Photo: US Department of Defence)

Rumsfeld compares Germany to Cuba

US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld arrives in Europe today for Iraq talks amid a flurry of controversy over his comparison of Germany with Cuba and Libya. Mr Rumsfeld is due to meet with Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and to attend a defence conference on Saturday in Munich to explain how seriously the Bush administration views the security risk in Iraq.

However, valuable time may now be taken up with smoothing ruffled German feathers over his controversial comments to th...

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US Defence Secretary DONALD RUMSFELD'straight talking has won him few friends in Berlin. (Photo: US Department of Defence)

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