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2008-02-08 Europe

Al Qa'ida teaching bomb building in the Internet - in German

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Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-08 09:18|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Europe

#1 Al Qa'ida Teaching Bomb-Building in the Internet - in German.

The Federal Interior Ministry Announces: Germany is becoming increasingly in the sights of Islamist terrorism. In the Internet there are now "Virtual Terror Camps" in the German Language. There one can find instructions to build deadly bombs. and these instructions actually function.

The Federal Ministry of Interior sees a new quality of threat in the increased terror danger for Germany. There are indicators that Germany has been moved in the center of the target of the terror-network Al-Qa'ida, according to the spokesman of the Interior Ministry, Stefan Paris, in Berlin. Through this Al-Qa'ida is following a clear plan. He refers above all to new developments in the Internet, in which "Virtual Terror Camps" in the German language have been established. Starting in January, instruction in building of bombs in the form of a "Front Training" were detected. Investigations have determined that these instructions actually function.

The Interior Ministry emphasizes however, that unlike last summer there are no indications that there are established groups of suspects. At that time terrorist suspects were observed for weeks as they prepared their attack until they were apprehended in the Sauerland. Simultaneously, Wolfgand Schaeuble (CDU)'s spokesman indated that the warning was not intended to create "fear and panic". It was also not intended as a "rear door" to other goals such as the implementation of disputed measures such as the BKA Law. Instead, the Public has the right to be informed. He again referred to efforts to recruit German Jihadists - also in Germany.

The State Secretary responsible for Counter Terrorism, August Hanning, announced previously, that among the leaders in the Afghan-Pakistani border areas the decision had been made to "carry out attacks in Germany". "We are concerned that we may not be able to prevent every operation in the future", Hanning told Welt ONLINE.
According to Bundeskriminamt (BKA) and Bundesamtes fuer Verfassungsschutz (BfV) information, the deployment of the Bundeswehr to Afghanistan had lead to the result that Germany has been moved up in the attack heirachy.

The background for the warning is the development in southern Afghanistan. The operational capability of Al-Qa'ida, which has been temporarily reduced by the US lead anti-terror mission "Enduring Freedom", is being restored according to Hanning. Muslims from Germany have been recruited to be trained into holy-warriors in the Training Camps. Then the men, often converts to Islam or young Turks, are sent back to Germany.

BKA Vice President Bernhard Falk also referred to the Terror Network. "We have indications, that in addition to the plans of the attackers from the Sauerland there are most probably other operational cells". The BKA and the States are currently pursuing, according to reports, 184 investigations against militant Islamists. 70 persons are considered to be "threats" and are observed by the police 24 hours a day.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-08 09:53|| 2008-02-08 09:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmm. They may not have to go to Afghanistan to help in the War on Terror. Perhaps they'll conclude that it makes more sense to make the terrs home the FEBA instead of their own. But there's no accounting for taste.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-02-08 10:03|| 2008-02-08 10:03|| Front Page Top

#3 FEBA? Definition, please.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-02-08 10:20|| 2008-02-08 10:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Forward Edge of the Battle Area (FEBA).

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-08 10:22|| 2008-02-08 10:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Danke schoen, Besoeker.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-02-08 10:25|| 2008-02-08 10:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Bad idea. Shouldn't be teaching Germans how to use bombs. We know from experience that Germans with bombs can be...problematic.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-08 13:14|| 2008-02-08 13:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Depends entirely which "Peoples" they use the bombs on.

I'm reasonably sure that should a third European Conflict arise America will tell them "Tough shit, Fix it yourself" since the "Thanks" we got from the first two times is so shallow.

Once bitten, twice shy.
Three strikes and you're OUT.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-02-08 14:34|| 2008-02-08 14:34|| Front Page Top

#8 They thanked us, rj?

I must have been asleep that one second....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-08 15:18|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-08 15:18|| Front Page Top

#9 TOPIX > COLD WAR WMDS REMAIN A HIGH RISK, espec in Russ + former Cold War PACT states, SOviet SSR's.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-02-08 20:52|| 2008-02-08 20:52|| Front Page Top

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