U.S. bases in Germany being targeted?
U.S., German officials say possible attack date has passed NBC News and news services Updated: 1:50 p.m. ET May 11, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18614751/ WASHINGTON - Two men are being sought on suspicion of plotting to attack U.S. military facilities in Germany, U.S. and German officials told NBC News Friday. The alleged plot included a date, May 5, for an attack, but otherwise lacked much credibility, one official said. The sources said officials have been looking for the two men, a German and a Turk, for nearly a month. German intelligence earlier uncovered an e-mail that suggested an attack might be planned for May 5. While the date has passed, a German official said the threat is still being taken seriously. A U.S. counterterrorism official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said "the threat was taken seriously at the time and isn't being dismissed now. But there's nothing to suggest a new urgency to this." The concern relates to intelligence that the two men had converted to Islam and visited Pakistan - just as other terrorist plotters from the United States and Britain have. Much of this information was derived from a raid on the residence of at least one of the two men. The suspects were not identified by name. On April 20, the U.S. Embassy in Bonn issued a statement that hinted of security concerns. "U.S. diplomatic and consular facilities in Germany are increasing their security posture," it stated. "We are taking these steps in response to a heightened threat situation. The U.S. Embassy encourages Americans in Germany to increase their vigilance and take appropriate steps to bolster their own personal security." C 2007 MSNBC Interactive NBC's Robert Windrem and Andy Eckardt, as well as Reuters, contributed to this report. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18614751/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
