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FOILED BOMB PLOT
Terror Suspect Worked at Frankfurt Airport

Adem Yilmaz, one of the three men arrested in Germany two weeks ago on suspicion of plotting bomb attacks, spent time working at Frankfurt Airport, one of the possible targets, SPIEGEL has learned.

One of the three terrorism suspects (more...) arrested two weeks ago in Germany worked at Frankfurt Airport, SPIEGEL has learned.

Turkish citizen Adem Yilmaz from the town of Langen in western Germany was employed in the security division of rail operator Deutsche Bahn from 1997 until 2002.(snip)

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,506190,00.html

Southern German Towns Become Hub of Jihadism
Roland Ströbele | 17 Sep 2007
World Politics Review Exclusive

The arrest earlier this month of three Islamic radicals suspected of planning attacks on American military installations in Germany has again called attention to the southern German towns of Neu-Ulm and Ulm. The alleged leader of the trio, Fritz G., comes from Ulm. As Roland Ströbele of the local Neu-Ulmer Zeitung reports, the twin cities on opposite banks of the Danube have in recent years become a bustling hub of Jihadist activism.

NEU-ULM/ULM, Germany — And once again the trail leads to Neu-Ulm. One of the three presumed members of an Islamic terror group arrested earlier this month in Germany comes from Ulm. The 28-year-old Fritz G. is supposed even to have been the ringleader of the group, which is accused of planning bomb attacks on the Frankfurt Airport and the U.S. military base in Ramstein.

If the accusations should turn out to be true, then they provide renewed evidence that plans for terror attacks have been hatched in Ulm and Neu-Ulm and that it is from here that the terrorists have set out to realize their plans.

Fritz G. has been long known to Bavarian police authorities. The 28-year-old German converted to Islam several years ago and was a frequent visitor to the “Multi-Kultur-Haus” in Neu-Ulm, an Islamic cultural center that was shut down by the authorities in January 2006 on account of Islamist activism. According to investigators, radical “preachers of hate” frequented the Multi-Kultur-Haus, recruiting “holy warriors” for Jihad or collecting funds for the latter. (snip)

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1142

Philadelphia Police Recover Stolen Buses

(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Police recovered two school buses taken from a bus depot in Port Richmond.

Police said the buses were stolen from the 2500 block of Butler Street at about 10 p.m. Sunday.

Authorities located the buses about an hour later on a playground at Castor Avenue and Amber Street after.

Police said before the buses were located they struck several vehicles in the area of Frankford Avenue and Tioga Street.

Police are looking for several Hispanic males who fled the scene.

http://cbs3.com/topstories/local_story_260085731.html