A Scampering of Mice
The mice aren’t even roaring. Swiss troops busy cleaning their nails with their famous pocket knives wander over the border from one archaic Euro postage stamp state into another.
According to the Swiss daily Blick, around 170 infantry soldiers from the famously neutral country* wandered more than a mile across the unmarked border with the tiny principality …
“We’ve spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein and it’s not a problem,” spokesman Daniel Reist said.
As well as the obligatory Swiss army knives, the troops were armed with assault rifles - however, they had no ammunition, Mr Reist said.
Officials in Liechtenstein, which is on Switzerland’s eastern borders, also sought to play down the incident.
Markus Amman, an interior ministry spokesman, said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers. “It’s not like they stormed over here with attack helicopters or something,” he said.
If the Swiss had decided to invade and annex Liechtenstein, which has a population of around 34,000, it probably would have been a walkover. Liechtenstein is a quarter the size of the Isle of Man, and does not have an army.
*Famously worthless, more like it. If they are so interested in peace, why don’t they do something about it?
Topics: Europe
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 12:47 am on Saturday, March 3, 2007
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March 3rd, 2007 at 4:04 am
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March 3rd, 2007 at 4:05 am
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March 3rd, 2007 at 5:07 am
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March 3rd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Back in the 70’s, Mr. H and I were touring Switzerland and wandered into Liechtenstein. It’s very easy to do, because you can’t tell them apart. And if you blink while passing through, you’ll have missed the whole country.
March 3rd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
funny :)