Germany says it would be 'wrong signal' to withdraw mission from IraqBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany s foreign minister urged parliament on Tuesday to extend a military mission training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq, saying to withdraw the German force would raise the risk of a new civil war there. Germany resumed its military mission last month after a brief suspension following a referendum for independence in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The vote was rejected by Baghdad and triggered an Iraqi military offensive that recaptured disputed areas of the north from the Peshmerga. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, who will step down soon as his Social Democratic party returns to opposition after heavy losses in the Sept. 24 election, was appealing to likely participants in the next government, particularly the Greens, not to oppose an extension of Berlin s military mission in Iraq. Germany has about 150 soldiers training Kurdish forces to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. But the sharp rise in tensions between the Kurds and Iraq s central government has raised concern in Germany about the mission s future. Gabriel said, however,  The more international groups are active there, the lower the chance of a new escalation.  A withdrawal would be the wrong signal to the parties to the conflict, as if we were resigned to accepting the danger of a new civil war,  he told reporters.  He said the Berlin government had met with a variety of parties recently to urge a political solution to tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad.  We hope that the very fragile ceasefire holds and that a political solution can be achieved. A new civil war in Iraq would bring unbelievable suffering to this country, which has already suffered too much as a result of political conflicts in recent years.  Iraqi Kurds voted overwhelmingly to break away from Iraq in the Sept. 25 referendum, defying the central government in Baghdad as well as neighboring Turkey and Iran who have their own Kurdish minorities. In retaliation, Iraqi government forces and the allied, Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation militia recaptured the oil city of Kirkuk and other disputed territories held by Peshmerga just outside official KRG boundaries. On Oct. 27 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared a pause in the offensive, though it was unclear whether there was any official agreement on a ceasefire.The German cabinet has urged the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) to vote to extend the mission by three months to give the next government time to review all foreign missions. Chancellor Angela Merkel s conservatives are trying to form a new coalition with the pro-business Free Democrats and the environmentalist Greens after losing considerable support to the far right in the Sept. 24 election.  worldnews
germany says would signal withdraw mission iraqberlin reuters germany foreign minister urged parliament tuesday extend military mission training kurdish peshmerga fighters northern iraq saying withdraw german force would raise risk new civil war germany resumed military mission last month brief suspension following referendum independence kurdistan region northern iraq the vote rejected baghdad triggered iraqi military offensive recaptured disputed areas north peshmerga german foreign minister sigma gabriel step soon social democratic party returns opposition heavy losses election appealing likely participants next government particularly greens oppose extension berlin military mission iraq germany soldiers training kurdish forces fight islamic state militants iraq syria but sharp rise tensions kurds iraq central government raised concern germany mission future gabriel said however the international groups active lower chance new escalation a withdrawal would wrong signal parties conflict resigned accepting danger new civil war told reporters he said berlin government met variety parties recently urge political solution tensions kurdistan regional government kg baghdad we hope fragile ceasefire holds political solution achieved a new civil war iraq would bring unbelievable suffering country already suffered much result political conflicts recent years iraqi kurds voted overwhelmingly break away iraq referendum defying central government baghdad well neighboring turkey iran kurdish minorities in retaliation iraqi government forces allied popular mobilisation militia recaptured oil city kirke disputed territories held peshmerga outside official kg boundaries on iraqi prime minister harder declared pause offensive though unclear whether official agreement german cabinet urged bundestag lower house parliament vote extend mission three months give next government time review foreign missions chancellor angela merkel conservatives trying form new coalition free democrats environmentalist greens losing considerable support far right election worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Germany says it would be 'wrong signal' to withdraw mission from IraqBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany s foreign minister urged parliament on Tuesday to extend a military mission training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq, saying to withdraw the German force would raise the risk of a new civil war there. Germany resumed its military mission last month after a brief suspension following a referendum for independence in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The vote was rejected by Baghdad and triggered an Iraqi military offensive that recaptured disputed areas of the north from the Peshmerga. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, who will step down soon as his Social Democratic party returns to opposition after heavy losses in the Sept. 24 election, was appealing to likely participants in the next government, particularly the Greens, not to oppose an extension of Berlin s military mission in Iraq. Germany has about 150 soldiers training Kurdish forces to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. But the sharp rise in tensions between the Kurds and Iraq s central government has raised concern in Germany about the mission s future. Gabriel said, however,  The more international groups are active there, the lower the chance of a new escalation.  A withdrawal would be the wrong signal to the parties to the conflict, as if we were resigned to accepting the danger of a new civil war,  he told reporters.  He said the Berlin government had met with a variety of parties recently to urge a political solution to tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad.  We hope that the very fragile ceasefire holds and that a political solution can be achieved. A new civil war in Iraq would bring unbelievable suffering to this country, which has already suffered too much as a result of political conflicts in recent years.  Iraqi Kurds voted overwhelmingly to break away from Iraq in the Sept. 25 referendum, defying the central government in Baghdad as well as neighboring Turkey and Iran who have their own Kurdish minorities. In retaliation, Iraqi government forces and the allied, Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation militia recaptured the oil city of Kirkuk and other disputed territories held by Peshmerga just outside official KRG boundaries. On Oct. 27 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared a pause in the offensive, though it was unclear whether there was any official agreement on a ceasefire.The German cabinet has urged the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) to vote to extend the mission by three months to give the next government time to review all foreign missions. Chancellor Angela Merkel s conservatives are trying to form a new coalition with the pro-business Free Democrats and the environmentalist Greens after losing considerable support to the far right in the Sept. 24 election.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: germany says would signal withdraw mission iraqberlin reuters germany foreign minister urged parliament tuesday extend military mission training kurdish peshmerga fighters northern iraq saying withdraw german force would raise risk new civil war germany resumed military mission last month brief suspension following referendum independence kurdistan region northern iraq the vote rejected baghdad triggered iraqi military offensive recaptured disputed areas north peshmerga german foreign minister sigma gabriel step soon social democratic party returns opposition heavy losses election appealing likely participants next government particularly greens oppose extension berlin military mission iraq germany soldiers training kurdish forces fight islamic state militants iraq syria but sharp rise tensions kurds iraq central government raised concern germany mission future gabriel said however the international groups active lower chance new escalation a withdrawal would wrong signal parties conflict resigned accepting danger new civil war told reporters he said berlin government met variety parties recently urge political solution tensions kurdistan regional government kg baghdad we hope fragile ceasefire holds political solution achieved a new civil war iraq would bring unbelievable suffering country already suffered much result political conflicts recent years iraqi kurds voted overwhelmingly break away iraq referendum defying central government baghdad well neighboring turkey iran kurdish minorities in retaliation iraqi government forces allied popular mobilisation militia recaptured oil city kirke disputed territories held peshmerga outside official kg boundaries on iraqi prime minister harder declared pause offensive though unclear whether official agreement german cabinet urged bundestag lower house parliament vote extend mission three months give next government time review foreign missions chancellor angela merkel conservatives trying form new coalition free democrats environmentalist greens losing considerable support far right election worldnews