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SNIPPET: "According to ITRR, the latest jihadist communication was unusual in that it was very explicit and open in targeting the Germans, in discussing a coming attack, and in specifying its timing. Aside from Ramadan, which ends 19 September 2009, the upcoming German national election on September 27 has been marked as a "red flag date" by ITRR." SNIPPET: "German security services have also been cited in local media discussing stepped up jihadist chatter, threats and intelligence warnings aimed at the German state in recent months. Earlier this year, video messages delivered in German by an al-Qaeda fighter going by...

The Italian police have arrested two men suspected of planning an attack on the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris. They are also suspected of planning other attacks in France and Great Britain. The two are thought to play a leading role in the al-Qaeda network.

The government has rejected a demand from the nation’s third largest party to step-up terror preparedness Closed borders, national ID cards, and increased video surveillance are some of the measures government ally Danish People’s Party say are necessary to prevent Denmark from experiencing terror attacks similar to those in London. The party, the nation’s third largest, stated their demands for increased anti-terror measures at a recent meeting with the government. The government, however, rejected the need to take further steps to prevent terror. ‘I won’t rule out that there could be some good new proposals, but the government has already...

The London bombings prove one thing: investigators still have not infiltrated the world of radical Islam in Europe. Hampering their efforts are increasingly sophisticated cells that move undetected across borders and individuals who lead seemingly inocuous lives --until they attack. Those attacks can come at any time, and it seems, can happen anywhere. It was a perfidious plan, filled with dark, hateful tirades. And, it was also planned down to the last detail. Part of it involved blowing up trains. The goal was simple: an enormous massacre of infidels. Investigators discovered the plan in a file on a laptop hard...