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German officer kept radioactive material, secret documents in weapons cache
What on earth is going on in the Bundeswehr? [DW] Prosecutors confirmed reports that police found radioactive material and intelligence documents on North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...in a German officer's possession. Police searched his home after he tried to mail silencers to the US. Because it’s North Korea, I assume this is not a War on Terror story. The Frankfurt Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Friday that it is investigating a captain in Germany's Bundeswehr army for violating the military weapons control act as well as for the "unauthorized handling of radioactive material."The confirmation came after the publication on Friday of a report in the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel that was sourced from Defense Ministry documents. SEARCH WARRANT ISSUED AFTER PACKAGE INTERCEPTED AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT A Bundeswehr munitions analyst specialized in improvised bombs (IEDs), the 32-year-old came to authorities' attention when customs agents at Frankfurt International Airport discovered a package of sound suppressors, or silencers, that the man had attempted to mail to an individual in the US — where it is illegal to possess silencers not properly registered as required by the National Firearms Act. That find prompted police to obtain a search warrant for the man's residence. He was arrested during an October 12 raid in Aldenhoven, a town of some 14,000 in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The man remains in police custody. During the raid, police found a cache of illegal weapons including AK-47 assault rifles, anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, as well as grenades. Authorities confirmed that they also secured an "unspecified quantity" of Strontium-90, a radioactive isotope found that is used in both medical and industrial applications as well as in nuclear weapons. Germany's Defense Ministry said the weapons do not belong to the Bundeswehr. The Spiegel report cited sources saying the weapons likely came from former Soviet bloc depots. Further, the discovery of BND foreign intelligence agency documents on North Korea has prompted the Bundeswehr's Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) to join the investigation. Related: Bundeswehr: 2021-10-21 Prosecutors arrest two former German soldiers on terrorism charges Bundeswehr: 2021-07-07 Afghan Bundeswehr helpers arrive in Germany for asylum: report Bundeswehr: 2021-07-01 Italian Forces Hand Over Military Camp in Herat to ANDSF. Last German Troops Leave Afghanistan; Most European Troops Now Gone Posted by: trailing wife 2021-10-23 |
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