Swiss Army Knife-Edge

Troops `Invade’ Liechenstein By Mistake

What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of 170 Swiss soldiers got lost at night - and then marched into neighbouring Liechtenstein. The troops wandered about 1.5km across an unmarked border into the tiny principality before realising their mistake and turning back. An army spokesman said serious repercussions for the mistaken ``invasion’’ were unlikely.It gets funnier, though. Nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no ammunition. Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 inhabitants and is slightly smaller than Washington DC, doesn't have an army. Nor is it likely to need one to repel the neutral Swiss.