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| German charged with terror plot against Americans |
| 2010-08-24 |
| On Monday, German prosecutors announced that they have charged a 28-year-old man, suspected to have ties to an Islamist terror cell, with planning to murder US soldiers and civilians in Germany. The German citizen, identified as Salih S., was charged on August 12 with "supporting a foreign terrorist organisation" and "membership of a foreign terrorist organisation." Salih S. is said to have become a member of the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), an al Qaeda affiliate, "at the latest in May 2007." He is supposed to have also provided equipment to a member of the Sauerland cell, which in March was convicted of mounting what the court called the biggest terror plot in German post-war history. "This included three GPS devices, night-vision goggles and three compass watches as well as other equipment," the statement said. S. was arrested in Turkey in November 2008 but released in February 2009 on bail. He was taken into custody again in June this year on the basis of a German arrest warrant and extradited in July. He is also suspected of travelling to an IJU camp in Waziristan in March 2007 to receive training after which he took part in "several combat missions" for the group. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 My thoughts exactly, UG / tw. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-24 23:54 |
| #2 Salih S. A classic German name, like Guenter, Horst, or Johann. |
| Posted by: trailing wife in Brussels 2010-08-24 16:39 |
| #1 Salih S. A classic German name, like Guenter, Horst, or Johann. |
| Posted by: Ulogum Gonque9433 2010-08-24 16:39 |