[McGruff]

Wow, we were lucky. This could have been a disaster!

[mystery-ak]

I wonder how many more of these are planned for 9-11....stay safe.

[Bikers4Bush]

Send the little terrorist whore back to us to be tried here.

[Uncle Miltie]

Hello Senator Daschle! What if this guy had been supplied by Saddam with his latest truck-nuke?

[rightwingextremist1776]

Schauble said the man was a strict Muslim "who hates Americans and Jews."

So much for peace loving Muslims! That bastard little cult needs to get wiped off the face of the earth!

[aristeides]

USAREUR headquarters was one of the places where the Baader-Meinhof gang set off a bomb that actually killed somebody, back when I was stationed in Germany, in 1970-72.

I think this is the first mention I've seen of a Turk belonging to al Qaeda. I wonder if this guy belongs to Milli Görüs.

[grimalkin]

Heidelberg is my birthplace (military family) and is a beautiful place. How sad that we have to deal with these miscreants... anywhere at all. Never give up and never forget.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Damn them anyways! Did they 'PROFILE'? Hmmmmmmm?? How outrageous and 'hateful'. Profiling is such an attack upon our diversity. /sarc

[Aliska]

A likely tactic. They will try to use our or any foolish women or men (of course) to . . .they will use the weakest link to gain access to potential targets.

Glad the German police were on top of this one.

This is really a mess.

[aristeides]

I wonder why a woman with dual American and German citizenship would be willing to take part in this kind of plot.

[11B3]

Waiting for some Libertarian to say that they shouldn't have been arrested until after they set off some of their bombs.

[mhking]

U.S. law enforcement officials in Washington said the woman had dual American and German citizenship.

Treason?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Arrest of two on terror charges

By Adam Tanner

BERLIN (Reuters) - Amid fears of September 11 anniversary attacks, German officials say they have arrested a Turkish national in possession of explosives and have announced the U.S. arrest of an Afghan-born German citizen.

The German prosecutor's office on Friday said U.S. authorities had arrested an Afghan-born German from the city of Hamburg, where three September 11 hijackers once lived, on suspicion of planning attacks....SNIP...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

German police hold explosives suspect - BBC
Police detain a Turkish man found in possession of explosives near a US military base.

[mhking]

I expect if the Fed's spy apparatus is working properly, we'll hear of several of these kinds of arrests over the next four or five days...

[anniegetyourgun]

How is it that this "strict muslim" allows his fiancee to work?

[Redbob]

"German federal criminal authorities refused to comment, saying the case was being handled by state investigators."

Mmm hmmm, and a few months from now the Turk and his girlfriend will be released, rather than risk angering a bunch of muslims.
What's with the Germans?
Why do they resist doing anything effective about terrorists?

Can it be because they see these terrorists as being primarily a threat to Jews?

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the find OEB.

This ping is for the rest of you. Fortunately this guy is a minority in Turkey!

[shhrubbery!]

His 23-year-old fiancee worked at a supermarket at a U.S. installation in Heidelberg

Wonder what the "fiancee"'s nationality is. Turkish too?

I once worked in a British installation in Germany. At that time, 30 years ago, they were concerned about terror attacks, mainly from the IRA.

While I was there they employed only English and Americans -- no Turkish 'Gastarbeiter,' who were plentiful in the area.

[strela]

What an interesting coincidence - this thread discussed a Turk living in Germany who wanted to name his baby "Osama bin Ladin."