[longjack]

the GSG-9 is the Anti-Terror unit that was established after the olympic killings in 1972. They are famous for the rescue of the Entebbe hostages.

I'm not sure if this is significant, but I decided to put it out here as general information.

Curious that the Germans didn't announce this until today. Also, the report thus far only says a convoy was ambushed on the way from Amman to Baghdad. A paragraph later the report says that remaining vehicles reached the embassy. It didn't specifically say which embassy, but I assume the German embassy.

longjack

[longjack]

German ping.

I'll be on the road today. If any other info comes out on this perhaps other Freepers can add updates.

Happy Easter, all.

longjack

[Neets]

Scoop

[elhombrelibre]

I think Entebbe was the IDF rescue. I'm thinking the German rescue - 1978, I think - was in Somalia. Both were great uses of force against barbarians.

[wretchard]

The kidnapping and probable interrogation and torture of these GSG-9 personnel has all the hallmarks of a professional intelligence operation. This is probably only the tip of the iceberg. A lot of people are disappearing on both sides. This is for keeps.

[knighthawk]

http://newsobserver.com/24hour/world/story/1278377p-8378126c.html

Germany security agents missing in Iraq


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN (AP) - Two security agents from the German Embassy in Baghdad have been missing for several days, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Saturday.
But, "there is no evidence of a kidnapping," the spokeswoman said, on customary condition of anonymity.
She would not give further details, but ZDF and ARD television reported that the missing were two Germans, 38- and 25-years-old, who were traveling from Amman, Jordan to Baghdad on a routine trip Wednesday and were ambushed.

The stations reported that other vehicles in the convoy reached the embassy later.

ARD television reported that the two were agents with GSG-9, an elite counterterrorism unit trained for freeing hostages and other commando missions.

Along with violence in central and southern Iraq this week, there has been a rash of kidnappings by militants, including of foreign civilians.