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2004-03-24 Europe

Assassination of German president foiled

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Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-03-24 12:19:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wait one. Why would the jihadis want to kill the President of Germany? I thought Germany was on their side.

Posted by Ben 2004-3-24 5:08:44 AM|| 2004-3-24 5:08:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't think the jihadis give a shit who they kill, as long as it generates fear. Why not knock off Shroeder? He's certainly a BIG fish and success would make them big fish, too - at least by their logic.

Whether or not this plot was real, nobody should want asshats to succeed against any Western leader. The fallout from a successful hit would be serious -- to stock markets, to future leader meetings, etc. I'm glad Shroeder's people were cautious.

Posted by .com 2004-3-24 6:11:52 AM|| 2004-3-24 6:11:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Jihad(TM) has been reduced to hitting what they can get away with, not what they'd like to strike at.

Posted by Hiryu 2004-3-24 6:37:35 AM|| 2004-3-24 6:37:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Go read about the IRA. They had nearly thirty years to perfect terrorism. They also gravitated towards the softest and most newsworthy targets.

Posted by phil_b 2004-3-24 6:47:22 AM|| 2004-3-24 6:47:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 they can say that Germany didn't allow enough mosque building permits or that they felt humiliated by the requirements of German foreign aid which has a brochure on human rights or that Germany allowed publication of a Rushdie novel or that Germany has given funds to Israel or that Germany didn't do enough to stop the US invasion of Iraq or...

Posted by mhw 2004-3-24 7:50:11 AM|| 2004-3-24 7:50:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Agree - they just like to blow up stuff and kill people. The more newsworthy the target the better. This is just about hate, like the KKK on steroids. They claim to want to be rid of Jews or blacks, but in the end, it's just about hate.

Posted by B 2004-3-24 7:59:41 AM|| 2004-3-24 7:59:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The President's post in Germany is mostly symbolic anyway.But,you know,it's the headlines if they succeed,so there.

Posted by El Id 2004-3-24 9:17:31 AM|| 2004-3-24 9:17:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Will Europe get it? The Islamists are not going to leave your country alone simply because you try to "counterbalance" the U.S. and refuse to cooperate with the U.S. These nuts don't do compromise. You go along with the program all-the-way, i.e., women covered, no alcohol, etc., etc., or you are Allan's enemy, and you are worthy of death. So, Germany, are you going to see the light, and line up against islamist fascism, or are you going to continue to delude yourselves into thinking that you can avoid the wrath of the terrorists by sitting on the fence rather than actively joining the fight on the U.S.' side? I think it is going to take some time before Germany/France/Belgium, et al. learn that there is no long-term peace with religiously crazed zealots who demand Taliban-like rule: unless of course you are willing to adopt Taliban-like rule.

Posted by sludj 2004-3-24 11:31:41 AM|| 2004-3-24 11:31:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Yea so now i see the light - it's all Bush's fault..

TGA - How is this playing out in German media? A wake up call or is it being brushed off?

Posted by Dan 2004-03-24 12:45:55 PM|| 2004-03-24 12:45:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Wait one. Why would the jihadis want to kill the President of Germany? I thought Germany was on their side.

Yes, Schroeder opposed the US's plan for forcibly removing Saddam Hussein. It probably had everything to do with German national (mercantile) interest. But that wouldn't help.

The radical islamist views the world as "Islamic" (that is "Us") or non-Islamic Satan ("Not Us"). I suppose they are like an amoeba or other low lifeform that sees the world as "food" or "a not-food".

Schroeder is still in the "Not Us" camp no matter what his sympathies may be. All the nuance in the world couldn't possibly help someone who the Islamist sees as a "Not Us".

Posted by eLarson 2004-03-24 5:29:33 PM|| 2004-03-24 5:29:33 PM|| Front Page Top

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