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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (14248)	9/5/2007 11:15:07 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224729

Democrats would yet again be trumped by terrorists in US >By ONLINE REPORTER September 05, 2007 GERMAN authorities have arrested three suspected Islamic terrorists on suspicion of plotting massive bomb attacks targeting Americans in Germany. German federal prosecutor Monika Harms said the three, two of whom were German converts to Islam, had trained at camps in Pakistan and obtained around 700 kilos of hydrogen peroxide for making explosives. She declined to name specific targets but said the suspects had an eye on institutions and establishments frequented by Americans in Germany, including discos, pubs and airports. Citing unnamed security sources in Berlin, the broadcaster Suedwestfunk said Frankfurt International Airport and US Ramstein Air Base were among targets. However, Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung, asked whether the airport and base were targets, only confirmed the arrests and gave no further details. The three suspects included two Germans - reported to be 22-year-old 'Daniel Martin S.' from Munich and 28-year-old 'Fritz G.' from the Saarland - who converted to Islam. The other man arrested was a 29-year-old Turk, reported to be called 'Adem Y.' The suspects, appearing today at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, were ordered held pending trial. The arrested suspects first came to the attention of authorities because they had been observing a US military facility in Hanau, near Frankfurt, at the end of 2006, officials said. The three had no steady work and were drawing unemployment benefits while their main occupation was the plot, they added. “This group distinguishes itself through its profound hatred of US citizens,” Ziercke said. He said members of Germany’s elite GSG-9 anti-terrorist unit arrested two suspects at a holiday home in central Germany on Tuesday. A third managed to escape through a bathroom window, but was apprehended about 300 metres later by federal police who had roped off the area. All three had undergone training at camps in Pakistan run by the Islamic Jihad Union, and had formed a German cell of the group. The Islamic Jihad Union was described as a Sunni Muslim group based in Central Asia that was an offshoot of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an extremist group with origins in that country. The quick action of security forces was praised. Harms said: “This is a good day for security in Germany. “We were able to succeed in recognizing and preventing the most serious and massive bombings.” Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “This shows that terrorist dangers, in our country as well, are not abstract but are real.” And she thanked security officials for foiling the attack and calling the arrests a “very, very great success.” “It also shows for me that international cooperation is of decisive significance in the fight against terrorism,” she added. Germany, which did not send troops to Iraq, has been spared terrorist attacks like the train and subway bombings in Madrid and London - although its involvement in the attempt to stabilize Afghanistan has led to fears it might be targeted. German and US officials have warned of the possibility of a terrorist attack, and security measures have been increased. In July 2006, two gas bombs were placed on German commuter trains but did not explode. Officials said that attack was motivated by anger over cartoons portraying the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper. Several suspects are on trial in Lebanon, and a Lebanese man has been charged in Germany. The news of the arrests came a day after Denmark’s intelligence service arrested eight alleged Islamic militants with links to senior al Qaeda terrorists, saying it had thwarted a major attack.<