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Hannover Bomb Plot 'Foiled' After French Spooks Tip Off German Authorities
Mirror ^ | November 18, 2015 | By Louise Sassoon

Posted on 11/19/2015 9:42:34 AM PST by Strategy

Reports suggest a North African terror cell was planning to attack Hannover with assault rifles and suicide vests - chillingly similar to the methods used in Paris on Friday which killed 129.

A suspected terrorist plot is thought to have been foiled in Germany tonight after a series of bomb scares rocked Hannover.

French intelligence officials are reported to have warned their German counterparts about a potential attack, sparking a string of security alerts this evening.

The spooks told German authorities that the terrorists might strike using an explosives-laden vehicle with official access to the football stadium, such as an ambulance, TV crew van or security patrol car, reports Die Welt.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; france; germany; isis; refugees; syria

1 posted on 11/19/2015 9:42:34 AM PST by Strategy
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To: Strategy

You can’t say that.


2 posted on 11/19/2015 9:43:57 AM PST by I Hired Craig Livingstone (Keep America Great -- Cruz 2024)
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To: Strategy

????????

3 posted on 11/19/2015 9:44:14 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Strategy

Good. Foiled. Now back to the misery of the oppressed Mizzou students.


4 posted on 11/19/2015 9:46:49 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Strategy
From the article:

Many top German officials, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, were scheduled to attend the match to show they will not bow to terrorism.

It is understood Ms Merkel was on her way to the stadium when she heard about the discovery and was taken immediately to a safe zone.


5 posted on 11/19/2015 9:47:57 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

The newspaper daily Bild reported on Thursday that it had obtained a secret document from Germany’s main inland security agency,

indicating that a group had planned to used an ambulance to smuggle bombs into a packed stadium.


6 posted on 11/19/2015 9:57:20 AM PST by Strategy
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To: Strategy

The French are getting a crash course in self defense. 1. Don’t throw down your weapon and run. 2. Stand up for freedom and fight.


7 posted on 11/19/2015 9:58:14 AM PST by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: Strategy

Well, hold the phone. I thought Germany was bending over backwards to let these terrorists... er excuse me... refugees into their country. And they STILL want to bomb the Germans despite their hospitality?


8 posted on 11/19/2015 10:01:50 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Strategy

What is a “spook?”


9 posted on 11/19/2015 10:07:26 AM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: cornfedcowboy

If that is a serious question Spooks are intel people,used to also be called spies
Think CIA


10 posted on 11/19/2015 10:14:35 AM PST by RWGinger
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To: cornfedcowboy; RWGinger
"What is a “spook?”"

Spook

1. Informal A ghost; a specter.

2. Slang A secret agent; a spy.

3. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.

11 posted on 11/19/2015 10:23:14 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: I Hired Craig Livingstone

How about Melanin-deficient ethereal spirits?


12 posted on 11/19/2015 10:33:49 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: RWGinger

Back when I worked I always referred to myself as a Spy, not a Spook. I was never that good at undercover.


13 posted on 11/19/2015 10:39:18 AM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: Strategy

What the heck got into France?


14 posted on 11/19/2015 10:47:02 AM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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To: Strategy

UNHCR data confirms it: 75% of the so-called refugees arriving in Europe are MEN

https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/unhcr-data-confirms-it-75-of-the-so-called-refugees-arriving-in-europe-are-men/


15 posted on 11/19/2015 11:25:25 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
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To: cornfedcowboy

It was probably that hat and your boots that gave you away.


16 posted on 11/19/2015 2:50:20 PM PST by B4Ranch (Trump is not our candidate, he is our Special Forces unit.)
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