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| Germany warns of terrorist attack |
| 2007-09-16 |
| The risk of a terrorist attack in Germany, possibly even a nuclear strike, is high despite last week’s arrest of suspected Islamist militants, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told a newspaper on Saturday. “The terrorist threat has not diminished,” Schaeuble told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, according to extracts published in advance. “I am no less worried since the arrests. We know more precisely that we are in the crosshairs of Islamist terrorism ... the terrorists want to carry out more attacks,” he said. Schaeuble even warned of the danger of a nuclear attack, although it was not clear if he was referring to Germany specifically. “Many experts are convinced this kind of attack is a question of when, not if,” he told the paper. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 If only the Germans had not engaged in their Crusader oil war in Iraq they would not be having these problems. No, wait... |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-16 18:43 |
| #4 Interior Minister Schaeuble has been very high profile lately... and saying things that aren't at all politically correct. Would I be correct in thinking this change came on the heels of Britain's Doctors' Plot? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-09-16 14:05 |
| #3 Didn't they have an election recently? Perhaps the prior administration's propagandizing didn't work as well as hoped. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-09-16 09:04 |
| #2 Interesting they're trying to get the message out now, after 6 years of claiming that the GWOT was due to Bush's fevered brain and the atavistic fantasies of primitive Americans. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-09-16 08:12 |
| #1 The fear and resultant diaspora created by a nuclear attack of potentially unknown origins could easily create a vacume and an opportunity for unprecedented migration of Muslims into Europe. One must wonder. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-09-16 06:29 |