 [DeutscheWelle] The men had reportedly been planning to travel out to training camps run by the so-called "Islamic State." Police also raided Berlin's "Fussilet" mosque, which has been suspected of trying to recruit new members for IS.
Authorities in Berlin incarcerated
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
three men suspected of links to the self-proclaimed "Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
" (IS) jihadist group in an anti-terror raid late on Tuesday.
The three men, aged 21, 31 and 45, were reportedly planning to travel out to combat zones and IS training camps, likely in Syria or Iraq.
Earlier reports suggested the men were suspected of planning a serious attack on German soil. However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
a Berlin police spokesperson reportedly told news agency AFP that there was no evidence of an immediate attack.
The men's desire to travel to IS training camps may still have been in preparation for an attack, police admitted.
Police on Tuesday also reportedly raided the "Fussilet" mosque in the Moabit district of the German capital, which the men are believed to have often visited. The mosque on Perleberger Strasse is connected to the Fussilet 33 association, which has been under police surveillance for allegedly trying to recruit new members for IS.
Anis Amri, who killed 12 people in an attack on a Berlin Christmas marketon December 19, also had links to the mosque. Surveillance footage showed Tunisian national Amri entering the mosque the day after he committed the attack.
However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
police said there was no evidence the three men detained on Tuesday had direct links to Amri. 
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