Posted on 12/05/2004 1:31:19 PM PST by anonymoussierra
German police have raided more than 30 sites believed to be connected to a banned Islamic organisation, al-Aqsa. The raids happened a day after the country's top administrative court upheld a 2002 ban on the group.
The German government alleges that the charity raises funds for the Palestinian militant movement, Hamas.
Al-Aqsa, which says it raises funds to alleviate poverty, had won permission to continue fundraising on a temporary basis last year.
Materials seized
The raids were conducted on 34 sites in Berlin, Bremen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Interior Ministry says the police seized "extensive" materials.
The German Interior Minister, Otto Schily, said the raids had targeted sites connected with two groups suspected of taking over from al-Aqsa in 2002.
He said if the suspicions were confirmed, he would ban the new groups as well.
On Friday, a German court upheld the original decision to ban the charity, saying there was evidence it provided financial support for attacks by Hamas on Israeli targets.
The group is not believed to be connected to the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, which linked to the main Palestinian group, Fatah.
I take back what I said on the previous thread today about the German release of a terrorist suspect.
Go Deutschland!
Germany/Niemcy
/SARCASM
Good on Germany! When will the administration begin to seize the enemy working diligently within our borders?
And when will those borders be adequately patrolled?
(See: Not All Illegal Aliens Come Here To Work, posts #
37, and especially #39, click on the link thereof.)
Thank you
Thank you
"The Interior Ministry says the police seized "extensive" materials."
Great - intel is what is needed to win the war on terrorism.
====================
Yes, but "Eine mal ist kein mal"
("one time is no time"// i.e.,one robin does not a summer make)
Well, Schily has been saying some other comforting things lately.
""The Interior Ministry says the police seized "extensive" materials."
"Great - intel is what is needed to win the war on terrorism."That is truth!! Thank you
"Any Al- (fill in the blank) organization should be scrutinized and dealt with these days."Thank you
"Good on Germany! When will the administration begin to seize the enemy working diligently within our borders?
And when will those borders be adequately patrolled?
(See: Not All Illegal Aliens Come Here To Work, posts #
37, and especially #39, click on the link thereof.)"Thank you. I do not have had "link" that you write :}}
"Yea, but Schilly is from a brood of leftwing marxists. Somehow he's gotton a little tough but I think he's just acting this to not have to deal with the much larger issue:
What about the 4 million muslims living here?
Do we want them?
This is going to become more and more frontburner, but the socialists are trying to ignore it and capture the radicals in the hope that this real issue will not come to the surface. Becuase they count on the votes of Turks, to keep winning elections. Most people here, even Christians, have their misgivings about the 4 million Muslims."Thank you that is good! That is truth!
I think the cat is out of the bag now; the proverbial genie
is out of the bottle for the Muslims with no putting him
back in. Too late.
i don't want to have to say 'i Told You So" to the point of Civilization going down.
That said, looking at history, I think Islam has wakend a sleeping BEAST by messing with Saxon, Roman and Norman-derived Europe.
And I hope Islam reaps all of the traditional rewards of doing so....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.