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German converts who somehow got the Peaceful Message of their new religion completely wrong. "Germany Indicts 'Home Grown' Islamists for Terrorist Bomb Plot," from Deutsche Welle, September 2 (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist):
German federal prosecutors have indicted three men, two of them Germans who had converted to Islam, for a plot to explode half a ton of explosives at places frequented by US nationals.German federal prosecutors have indicted three men, two of them Germans who had converted to Islam, for a plot to explode half a ton of explosives at places frequented by US nationals.
Police, who had eavesdropped on the plotters' communications and intervened to surreptitiously confiscate the main ingredient in the explosives, arrested the men a year ago.
If the bombing had succeeded, it would have been Germany's bloodiest experience by far of Islamist terrorism.
Fritz Gelowicz, 29, Daniel Schneider, 22, both Germans, and Adem Yilmaz, 29, a Turkish national, are to be tried by a state superior court in the western city of Düsseldorf, a spokesman for the prosecutors in Karlsruhe said.
Police say home-grown terrorists a big threat
Many Germans are shocked that the men had ordinary German upbringings, unlike the radicals who were born in Arab countries and moved to Germany to plot the Sept. 11, 2001 suicide attacks on New York and Washington using hijacked airliners.
And they should be shocked, because the government and media in Germany and elsewhere have been telling them for years that this threat results from "racism" -- and yet here are two Germans who have never experienced racism nevertheless plotting jihad terror.
Police around Europe say home-grown terrorism has become as big a threat as that from radical immigrants.Gelowicz, said to have led the plot, converted to Islam and allegedly resolved five years ago to join the "jihad" or holy war against the West.
The precise allegations against the men were not disclosed, but the indictment accuses them of membership in a terrorist organization on German soil and abroad, which are two separate charges....
Posted by Robert at September 2, 2008 12:48 PM
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1. Arrest, CHECK
2. Indictment, CHECK
3. Prosecution, Pending
4. Conviction, Pending
5. Sentencing, Pending
Steps 1 and 2 indicate willingness on the part of law enforcement. Let’s see what the courts do with 3-5. Good luck Germany.
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at September 2, 2008 1:22 PM
Many Germans are shocked that the men had ordinary German upbringings, unlike the radicals who were born in Arab countries and moved to Germany to plot the Sept. 11, 2001 suicide attacksSHOCKED! Nevermind the fact that Mohammad Atta was highly educated and financially well-off. Same can be said for Osama bin Laden and (Dr.) Zawahiri, and the British doctors involved in terror planning. The Germans are slow to learn that Jihad-Terrorism is NOT caused by poverty, ignorance, and discontent.
Instead of trying to eradicate poverty and ignorance in the world, modern society would be better served to look closer at eradicating the teaching of literal Islam. Monitoring and closing any mosque that teaches Islamic supremicism would be a good start.
Posted by: Xero G at September 2, 2008 1:46 PM
@ xero g
Never believe lamestream media. They lie. This paragraph:
"Many Germans are shocked that the men had ordinary German upbringings, unlike the radicals who were born in Arab countries and moved to Germany to plot the Sept. 11, 2001 suicide attacks"
is utter bullshit. Media spin it like they want to spin it. Truth would be: "Many Germans are shocked journalists still have ordinary German upbringings although they are radical brothers in arms to muslims who like to bullshit German people about Islam being a religion of peace."
Never ever trust The Media summing up some opinion they have no idea of.
Posted by: buraq_is_dead
at September 2, 2008 2:36 PM
I am shocked! Shocked!
But since I've read the Qur'an, unlike the media, I'm not really shocked at all. It's like reading Mein Kampf before Hitler took power. Of course, a lot of Germans read Mein Kampf and it didn't stop them from supporting the Austrian house painter.
Posted by: tanstaafl at September 2, 2008 3:26 PM
Wow. Islam seems to be getting misunderstood all over the world.
Especially by those who preach about it...
Posted by: Callidus at September 2, 2008 8:38 PM
"at places frequented by US nationals. "
I suspect that would be movie theatres, dance halls, bars, cafes, or military barracks ...all frequented by US soldiers...
at September 2, 2008 9:24 PM
Hmmm...
Mohammedans from mohammedan countries committing random acts of murder.
Mohammedans born in the west to mohammedan families committing random acts of murder.
Mohammedan converts, from western families rasied in the west, committing random acts of murder.
I wonder what the common factor might be.
Posted by: joeblough at September 3, 2008 12:38 AM
Could this be the proverbial 2x4 hitting Germany upside the head? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Posted by: Kevin at September 3, 2008 1:10 AM
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