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# Headline of the day
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18778/
- Published: 2007-03-05T12:03:14.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:35:56.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

**"Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein"** [(NYT)](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Mistaken-Invasion.html?em&ex=1173243600&en=01daf326eb7bac90&ei=5087%0A&ref=opendemocracy.net)

*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.