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Report: Official says up to 5,000 potential suicide bombers in Germany
AP ^

Posted on 09/12/2005 9:21:00 AM PDT by jmc1969

A German security official is quoted as saying nearly five-thousand potential Islamic suicide attackers could be living in Germany.

The Bavarian interior minister (Guenther Beckstein) tells an online newspaper these include people ready to fight in Iraq and Chechnya. He says such cells of "fanatics" could prepare suicide attacks without detection.

Beckstein has long argued that security laws toughened after the September eleventh attacks in the United States are still too soft.

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1 posted on 09/12/2005 9:21:03 AM PDT by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969
Wow, multiculturalism sure is great - our diversities will make us stronger...
2 posted on 09/12/2005 9:22:26 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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Germany is loaded with demons.


3 posted on 09/12/2005 9:23:36 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
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To: jmc1969

shoot first, then search these nuts


4 posted on 09/12/2005 9:24:31 AM PDT by kendu
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Yeah, well, since just about any motivated, observant muslim could be a suicide bomber, the only surprise is that the number is so low.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

5 posted on 09/12/2005 9:25:07 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: jmc1969

Europe may well already be lost, and it might all be over but the screaming..


6 posted on 09/12/2005 9:39:56 AM PDT by Paradox (Just because we are not perfect, does not mean we are not good.)
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To: jmc1969

OK, I believe there are terrorists in Germany but where did they get the 5000 number? Sounds like a lot to me.


7 posted on 09/12/2005 9:42:04 AM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: jmc1969

How did they cut the number down to five thousand? I thought that there were hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Germany.


8 posted on 09/12/2005 9:43:39 AM PDT by FreePaul
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Sure there are that many bombers in Germany. I didn't get to enjoy Dreseden the first time, but I've got a bag of popcorn and HDTV ready for the next time the ovenstuffers of Germany catch hell.


9 posted on 09/12/2005 9:44:28 AM PDT by singletrack (..................................................................)
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To: jmc1969

What are they waiting for?


10 posted on 09/12/2005 9:53:34 AM PDT by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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To: caver
OK, I believe there are terrorists in Germany but where did they get the 5000 number?

CNN took a push poll.

Just kidding, but probably.

11 posted on 09/12/2005 9:55:50 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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Ad found in Der Speigelscrapper:

Attention Terrorists Trainees: All suicide bombers
will attend graduation ceremonies tomorrow at 9 a.m.
Wear your harnesses with active explosives. You will
be required to demonstrate you skills in concert just
prior to your next of kin receiving your Certificate of
Completion and burial expenses.

12 posted on 09/12/2005 9:58:55 AM PDT by Eastbound
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The was an article in "Der Speigel" last month about Islamofacist's war plans. My German was rusty but it demonstrated a plan to bring a WW by 2020. It also showed Madrid and London to be part of the attacks. Does anyone have a proper English translation?


13 posted on 09/12/2005 9:59:59 AM PDT by griswold3 (Ken Blackwell, Ohio Governor in 2006 - George Allen, POTUS 2008)
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To: jmc1969

Nothing to worry about. Work will set them free.


14 posted on 09/12/2005 12:42:09 PM PDT by kali...Kaali.....KAAA..LI (thugee is a peaceful religion)
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To: Paradox

5000 is pretty scary. Even if it were 500 that would be high.

Even 50 would be high.

Can someone please tell me why Islam has not been declared illegal? Are we too afraid to do so?


15 posted on 09/12/2005 12:44:42 PM PDT by chris1 ("Make the other guy die for his country" - George S. Patton, Jr.)
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This is ridiculous. I wouldn't deny that there are maybe some sucide bombers among the muslim population of Germany, but 5000? Even the Palestinians in Israel have problems to recruit their "living" bombs, although their compatriots probably have more reason (in their point of view) to detonate themselves.

BTW - most muslims in Germany are from Turkey and arranged themselves with the German people. Their women sometimes wear headscarfs and the men work usually in underprivileged jobs. Most of them are apolitical and for sure no terror-problem. There are some difficulties with the young male Turks, but this has more to do with their underprivileged status and normal crime. In France the fraction of potential terrorists is much higher because their Muslims are from North Africa. Not to speak about the U.K. with their Pakistani fraction. Although the terror problem is much worse there, you will find no European country 5000 sucide bombers.


16 posted on 09/13/2005 6:25:46 AM PDT by Atlantic Bridge (O tempora! O mores!)
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To: jmc1969

Pssst, have you heard the one about all the nuclear weapons that terrorists have already smuggled into the U.S.? There's HUNDREDS of them.


17 posted on 09/13/2005 6:39:00 AM PDT by Gone GF
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