Officials Fear Terrorist Attacks On Americans In Germany [Breaking]

FOX ^ | 05/11/07 | Unknown

[Froufrou]

Breaking News...tune to FOX...

[Paved Paradise]

Cubicle bound - what’s up.

[RatsDawg]

Should this go in breaking news?

[roses of sharon]

What’s to fear?

The Dems say this is just a part of life, and we can just arrest them afterwards!

[jdm]

American and German officials fear a terrorist attack against U.S. military personnel or American tourists is imminent in Germany, ABC News is reporting.

"The information behind the threat is very real," ABC quoted a senior U.S. official as saying.

Click here to read the ABC report.

This is a developing story. Refresh for continued reports.

[dawn53]

What’s up...why do all your links lead back to the DNC thread?

[West Coast Conservative]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/us_germans_fear.html

[jpl]

The Dems say this is just a part of life, and we can just arrest them afterwards!

Yep, and if God forbid a major attack happens, they'll say our counterterrorism efforts are failing, and if the authorities successfully stop the attack, they'll downplay the perps as being a bunch of incompetent boobs.

[jdm]

U.S., Germans Fear Imminent Terror Attack

May 11, 2007 12:24 PM

Brian Ross, Richard Esposito & Chris Isham Report:

U.S. and German officials fear terrorists are in the advanced planning stages of an attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany.

Law enforcement officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com that U.S. air marshals have been diverted to provide expanded protection of flights between Germany and the United States.

"The information behind the threat is very real," a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble told reporters, "The danger level is high. We are part of the global threat by Islamist terrorism."

Of particular concern, according to U.S. and German law enforcement officials, is Patch Barracks, the headquarters for U.S. European Command, near Stuttgart.

Click Here for Full Blotter Coverage.

Security at all U.S. military and diplomatic facilities has been increased in the last month following reports that suspected terrorists had conducted surveillance of the Patch Barracks facility.

"The attack would be designed to create high numbers of casualties among both Germans and the U.S. military," said ABC News consultant Richard Clarke, a former White House counterterror official.

The 9/11 hijackers planned their operation out of Hamburg, Germany, and the country continues to be known as a staging area for al Qaeda and groups affiliated with it.

"There are 300 to 500 people who are suspected to be part of al Qaeda cells in Germany," said Col. Andrew Pratt (Ret.) of the George Marshall Center in Germany.

"In a democratic state like Germany, you just can't go out and arbitrarily arrest people because they are under suspicion," Pratt said.

German officials have called for enhanced police powers to keep suspected terror groups in check.

Several radical Islamist groups have threatened violence unless Germany withdraws its troops from the NATO force in Afghanistan.

A radical Islamist group in Iraq took a German woman and her adult son hostage in February, threatening to execute them if Germany did not pull its troops out of Afghanistan. The two are still being held.

Watch the full report tonight on "World News With Charles Gibson."

[Paved Paradise]

Thanks so much. I was linked to the DNC thread (very annoying).

[Red Badger]

"In a democratic state like Germany, you just can't go out and arbitrarily arrest people because they are under suspicion," Pratt said.

They never had a problem with it before.......

[I see my hands]

Rudy's fault?

[Red Badger]

What’s with the links?.....

[Sopater]

Maybe they’re trying to get all Americans to leave Germany post haste....

[Froufrou]

I’m very sorry...evidently I’ve had too much coffee [not too much coffee260!] and the hands are a tad trembly!

[Steel Wolf]

"There are 300 to 500 people who are suspected to be part of al Qaeda cells in Germany," said Col. Andrew Pratt (Ret.) of the George Marshall Center in Germany.

Muslim extremists are generally like mice. When you see one or two, it means that there's 5-10. I imagine that German law enforcement has a high standard to prove that someone is AQ related, to say nothing of merely being a sympathizer who would be willing to help out in an attack, so the actual number of pro-jihad elements could be substantially higher.

[hophead]

“In a democratic state like Germany, you just can’t go out and arbitrarily arrest people because they are under suspicion,” Pratt said.”

You are right. If these were skinheads they would have been arrested by now.

[Froufrou]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832039/posts

Evidently, ThyssenKrupp of Germany has awarded a huge contract to a Mobile, AL firm and the threats in Germany are related.

[hophead]

” Muslim extremists are generally like mice.”

Don’t insult mice!

[Badeye]

(chuckle)

That was very funny....