German police baffeled by Bush poo-flags

Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been stickingminiature flag portraits of US President George W. Bush into piles ofdog poo in public parks. Josef Oettl, parks administrator for Bayreuth,said: "This has been going on for about a year now, and there must be2,000 to 3,000 piles of excrement that have been claimed during thattime."The series of incidents was originally thought to be some sort ofprotest against the US-led invasion ofIraq. And then when it continuedit was thought to be a protest against President George W. Bush'scampaign for re-election. But it is still going on and the police saythey are completely baffled as to who is to blame. "We have sent outextra patrols to try to catch whoever is doing this in the act," saidpolice spokesman Reiner Kuechler. "But frankly, we don't know what wewould do if we caught them red handed." Legal experts say there is nolaw against using feces as a flag stand and the federal legal expertssay there is no law against using feces as a flag stand and the federalconstitution is vague on the issue.