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I really think that if the bombing was actually planned in Germany, it will be the straw that broke the camel's back.

"Spiegel" is pretty careful with their wording, which is why I emphasized the differences in 'preparing' and 'planning' in the posts above. It seems to me that "Spiegel" and the rest of the German press is really going to go after the planning issue.

I just don't think the German populace is going to repeatedly put up with the rap that bombings were planned in their country. 911, now maybe 311, planned on their watch?

I just don't think they'll put up with it.

longjack

I can only pray that you are right.

I first saw this reported last night on the teletext from various stations. It was quite clear from them that this was VERY similar to the pre-9/11 "planning" which occured in Hamburg.

the FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) also has some details, inclding that at least one appartment was searched in the Darmstadt area and that more were to follow. http://www.faz.net/s/Rub28FC768942F34C5B8297CC6E16FFC8B4/Doc~EAEDC58CBFFC34B628B46E2F3FD79E082~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html

Don't have time to translate at the moment . . .

There are several ongoing problems. First, there are numerous neighborhoods in Germany...almost all Muslim in nature that the cops simply refuse to drive or go through now period. If someone calls in a complaint, it will take a team of at least six cops to make one visit to an apartment complex in these zones. The German authorities really don't like to have this brought up...and it shows that they are not in control of their nation any longer. Second, the liberal left view of "loving your refugees and auslanders"...is going to be hard to keep down. And third, the number of low-paying jobs which only the Turks or 3rd world Muslims are willing to work...really makes it difficult to just kick them out.

My thinking is that this will go on for three to five more years, and then a growing right-wing establishment will start to take root in the eastern sections of Germany. There is already talk of the unions taking their support from the SPD and creating a new political party. I suspect that the right-wingers may view the CDU/CSU in the same fashion and work to establish a 8-percent party (same concept that Hitler used in the 1920s).