Germans move against alleged extremist group (About time)

Germans move against alleged extremist group (About time)
AP/MSNBC ^ | 01/12/2005 | AP

Posted on 01/12/2005 4:22:50 AM PST by drt1

BERLIN - Police arrested 14 people during raids of apartments and mosques in five German states Wednesday in a crackdown on an Islamic extremist organization suspected of aiding terrorists, authorities said.

About 700 officers conducted the raids, which capped a long investigation against 20 people suspected of operating a criminal network based in the southern city of Ulm, according to prosecutors....

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: extremist; german; muslim; terrorist; ulm

"They 'equipped people with false documents, making possible illegal residency'" ... Looks like the Germans are seeing an Illegal problem too. Will they actually do something about it as opposed to our approach?

1 posted on 01/12/2005 4:22:51 AM PST by drt1

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2 posted on 01/12/2005 4:27:10 AM PST by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)

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To: drt1

Interesting. When I took German classes in high school, we had a sister school in Ulm.

3 posted on 01/12/2005 5:11:33 AM PST by TFine80

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