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| Munich police nabs recruiter for terror attacks in Iraq |
| 2003-12-03 |
| EFLAn Iraqi man suspected of heading a cell of the radical Muslim group Ansar al-Islam in Germany has been arrested in the southern city of Munich, a police source said. The 29-year-old was arrested at Munich station as he was about to leave the city, according to the daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The public prosecutor’s office in Munich said the man, identified only as Mohammed L, was under an arrest warrant for having contravened immigration laws by bringing two compatriots into Germany. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung said the man was suspected of having organised the travel of a dozen people to Iraq to commit suicide attacks against US forces. The public prosecutor refused to comment on that allegation, saying that investigations were only just underway. Sources from German internal intelligence services told the newspaper that around 100 Ansar al-Islam militants were in Germany, mainly in the south of the country. Cells existed in Berlin, Cologne, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg and large towns in Bavaria, the paper said. Another suspected member of the Bavarian cell, named "Doctor Omet", has been in custody since March, it added. Full report in German in SÃŒddeutsche Zeitung |
| Posted by:True German Ally |
| #2 Ansar's a wholely-owned franchise of al-Qaeda, so them going global is to be expected. It's like McDonalds. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-12-3 9:25:35 PM |
| #1 Ansar definitely qualifies as a global terrorist group. It is annoying that their presence in Iraq was poo-poo'd. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-3 9:24:14 PM |