Posted on 09/05/2007 12:05:48 AM PDT by james500
Three men have been arrested for planning attacks on Frankfurt's international airport and the U.S. military base in Ramstein, the German Defense Minister said Wednesday.
"There was an imminent threat," Franz Josef Jung told Germany's ARD broadcaster. He declined to elaborate.
Two of the suspects had German citizenship while the third was Pakistani, Germany's Sudwestrundfunk public broadcaster said.
German federal prosecutors said they had arrested three suspected members of "an Islamic motivated terrorist organization." It was not immediately clear whether the three were suspected of having links to al Qaeda.
Sudwestrundfunk said the men were arrested Tuesday evening and were close to carrying out the attacks. German and U.S. officials have warned of the possibility of a terrorist attack, and security measures have been raised, they said.
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Are those Rotarians at it again!??
Those crazy Amish! Probably a “buggy bomb” or somesuch.
the devices were in the pies...who knew
A few more details...
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2765971,00.html
Terrorism | 05.09.2007
“Suspected Terrorists Arrested in Germany”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “German Defense Minister Franz-Josef Jung has confirmed that three people were arrested late Tuesday on suspicion of planning terror attacks on Frankfurt Airport and the US military base at Ramstein.
Quoting security sources in Berlin, SWR public radio reported that two German nationals and a Pakistani had been planning to bomb the international airport in Frankfurt, and the US military base at Ramstein in western Germany.
Plans to carry out an attack were allegedly well-advanced.
Referring to “an imminent threat,” Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung confirmed the arrests later on public broadcaster ARD, but refused to go into detail.
“The security services have done a very good job and I can’t say anything more at this point,” he said.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Karlsruhe has also confirmed the arrests, stating that the three detainees are believed to be members of an Islamist terrorist cell.
“Raids have taken place in several German states,” the official added.””
Only thee and me, Mordachi! LOL
A few more details...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6979295.stm
Last Updated: Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 07:27 GMT 08:27 UK
“Three held in German terror raids”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Reports said that two of the suspects were German while the third was Pakistani.
Government sources told the AFP news agency that the three had links to Pakistan and had been experimenting with explosives and trying to build car bombs.
Prosecutors said the arrests took place on Tuesday afternoon.”
Sounds like quick police work prevented barbecued frankfurters.
A few more details...
http://www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=13852
Wednesday, September 05, 2007 at 08:12
Subject: /Germany-Terrorism/
“2ND LEAD: Bomb plot against airports in Germany uncovered; 3 arrested
Eds: Adds confirmation, details from prosecutors office”
Berlin (dpa) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The terrorist plans had been at an advanced stage, the report said, citing security sources in Berlin.
Two of those arrested hold German passports and the other is a Pakistani, it added.
The prosecutors office in Karlsruhe said later that searches had been carried out in a number of German states and the suspects should appear before a judge Wednesday.”
gotcha back too
Related thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1891319/posts
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http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0905/germany.html
“Three held in German bomb plot”
Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:48
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Three people have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning terror attacks.
Two of the suspects were Germans who had converted to Islam while the third held Turkish and German passports.
The sources said the three all had links to Pakistan and that they had been experimenting with explosives and trying to build car bombs.”
not because Deutschland is in Iraq is it?/s
Here we go . . .
Travel.State.Gov - Consular Information Sheet: “GERMANY”
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1123.html
Wonder when we’re going to get around to banning Islamic immigration.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090500244.html
“Three held in Germany over attack plot”
By Erik Kirschbaum
Reuters
Wednesday, September 5, 2007; 3:16 AM
BERLIN (Reuters) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Earlier, the SWR network quoted security sources in Berlin as saying two of the suspects were German nationals and one had a Pakistani passport.
German television reported that explosive materials had been found in an apartment in a town in the northern state of Hesse. It said the planning was at an advanced stage.”
I wonder if their attack plan entailed running a van or SUV into one of Ramstein’s heavily guarded entrances, and after being disabled in a hail of FMJ, pouring gasoline on themselves and lighting their car on fire.
Just like the inspiring June 30th “Battle Of Glasgow” and the “Seige Of Camp Picadilly and Fort Tiger Tiger” in London.
Off Topic - Trivia Tidbit:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,502694,00.html
August 29, 2007
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“SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERVIEW WITH RACISM EXPERT
‘Awareness of Ethnic Discrimination Is Low in Germany’
SPIEGEL ONLINE talks to racism expert Nicole Bosch about xenophobia in Germany and what can be done to combat right-wing extremism.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SPIEGEL ONLINE: Is racism a particular problem in certain parts of Germany?
Bosch: Concerning the number of right-wing extremist violent crimes, the figures show that eastern Germany tends to be more affected by such crimes than western Germany. In 2005, the highest numbers of such crimes in relation to the total population were recorded in Saxony-Anhalt, where there were 4.29 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, and Brandenburg (3.78 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants), which are both in eastern Germany. In contrast, the western German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate displayed the lowest figures, with 0.41 and 0.59 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively. However, these figures cannot simply be interpreted as meaning there is more or less racism in eastern or western Germany.”
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