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German authorities thwarted an Islamist BIOLOGICAL weapon attack!
2018-06-15
[Right Scoop] A 29-year-old Muslim from Tunisia is being charged with planning to launch a biological weapon attack after being caught with ricin. According to the report, he’d successfully made the toxin after ordering caster beans online:
German prosecutors said Thursday they’ve thwarted an Islamic extremist plot to launch an attack with the deadly toxin ricin.

They said a 29-year-old Tunisian, identified only as Sief Allah H., who was arrested Wednesday, started procuring material online including seeds needed for the creation of ricin in mid-May.

The suspect succeeded in creating the toxin this month and investigators found it in a search of his Cologne apartment, federal prosecutors in Karlsruhe said in a written statement.

"He procured 1,000 castor bean seeds online as well as an electronic coffee grinder," they said. The shell of the castor bean plant seed is highly poisonous and can be used to create ricin.

The authorities are still investigating exactly how the suspect planned to use the toxin, but said he was working on a "biological weapon" attack in Germany.

Prosecutors said they currently have no evidence of a connection with any extremist organization.

Except that it’s also being reported that he used ISIS instructions on how to make the deadly poison. It’s also being reported that it was American intelligence who tipped off the Germans.

Bild Magazine says he had stored large quantities of the poison in his apartment. He also had a wife and four children. The wife, who is German, had converted to Islam.

The report doesn’t even give his last name, which makes me wonder if the German authorities don’t want the people to know how this Tunisian came into the country.
Posted by:Besoeker

#19  
Problems like these should be addressed openly and serious cases be handled by the WTO.


Why should nations cede even part of their sovereignty to a body run by its competitors and enemies?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-06-15 18:51  

#18  Very common for German media to only publish the first name and initial of last name. So, no, "Sief Allah H." did not get a break...treated like any other crime suspect.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2018-06-15 18:00  

#17  WTO - I laugh and compare it to the UN. The majority of members are UNdemacratic nations. Does the EU have one member or many? The US only has one vote!
Posted by: Ulinelet Fleang2899   2018-06-15 17:33  

#16  Problems like these should be addressed openly and serious cases be handled by the WTO.

Sorry....very wrong answer.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-06-15 17:31  

#15  The vaunted German exports are protected by the American taxpayers funding the US navy as it keeps the shipping routes open all around the world. FOR FREE.

Genuine conservatives would support independence from Washington, out of principle, not beg to be America's favorite poodle in Europe.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-06-15 16:37  

#14  Built in Spartanburg, S.C.?
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-06-15 16:21  

#13  BTW, I drive a BMW X3.
Posted by: Bobby   2018-06-15 16:17  

#12  I could tell you similar stories of German companies bidding for contracts in the U.S.

Problems like these should be addressed openly and serious cases be handled by the WTO.

Subsidies exist on both sides of the pond. Both Airbus and Boeing use them unfairly. It's all a matter of serious negotiations.

But currently there's too much disinformation, especially when it comes to cars.
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-06-15 16:01  

#11  I participated in a construction bid for a $2 billion project in D.C> and after two weeks, the principals decided not to bid, because the quality standards were excessive. And the schedule was extremely aggressive.

The last project, the DOT applied the specs to us much more rigorously than for other projects.

So maybe not an act of 'warfare', mein Herr, but costly and restrictive.
Posted by: Bobby   2018-06-15 15:46  

#10  Quality standards are an act of warfare?
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-06-15 15:02  

#9  Germany has "subsidies" for domestic goods, and other "hidden tariffs" like impossible to meet quality standards.
Posted by: Thor Sholuse3760   2018-06-15 14:49  

#8  Why should America protect a stable continent of wealthy democracies? Europe is ruthlessly free-riding on American security and laughing all the way to the bank.

What on God's green earth does America owe to its allies!? It's done so much for Europe. Paid for protection. Saved from Nazism. Fascism. Paid for NATO. Prevented wars for 80 straight years in the continent (longest European peace time in history). What on earth does USA owe Europe? Europe's taken America for granted so much, it's baffling. Just pay your part of NATO. It's only fair!
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-06-15 14:48  

#7  But please tell me how Germany wages economic warfare against the U.S.
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-06-15 14:33  

#6  The tipping off goes both ways. Usually in a discreet manner.
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-06-15 14:32  

#5  So... US intel tips off the Germans. The same country that doesn't pay its fair share of NATO costs, wages economic warfare against the US then lectures the USA on how to behave? What a bunch of ungrateful SOBs.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-06-15 12:04  

#4  The wife, who is WAS German, had converted to Islam
Posted by: Frank G   2018-06-15 10:17  

#3  Unless you are known to make caster oil, ordering 1k of the seeds I would think would be an automatic red flag.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-06-15 09:50  

#2  and a whore who wanted some different cock to cover for him and knock out a brood of little terrorists.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-06-15 09:34  

#1  Well, ricin is more chemical attack than biological, but point taken. Castor Bean plants are an invasive non-native plant here in San Diego County
Posted by: Frank G   2018-06-15 08:27  

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