With Germany going to the polls in a general election in three months, authorities are on high alert after detecting an increase in online warnings of terrorist attacks targeting the country. The German government held high-level talks with top security and intelligence chiefs in Berlin on Thursday to discuss the growing threat posed by Islamic extremists and to coordinate counterterrorism measures. Intelligence officials are alarmed by the rising number of videos posted online by militant Islamists who say they are specifically targeting Germany. Up to 13 videos are reported to have appeared on the Web since January, many of them referring to the deployment of German troops in Afghanistan. (See pictures of U.S. Marines opening a new offensive in Afghanistan.) for more http://www.terrorismsearch.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list