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Germany could not deport Berlin truck jihad attacker because of missing paperwork

Dec 22, 2016 2:36 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

A German minister has admitted security forces knew the suspected Berlin attacker was a terror threat but failed to detain or deport him before he ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market.….. the Tunisian man had already been put under investigation over a previous attack plot but missing paperwork meant he could not be ejected from Germany.

From one bungle to another, with some authorities not taking the jihad threat seriously enough, even when it was right in front of their faces.

Anis Amri spent four years in jail in Italy for burning down a school, and then left the country for Germany last year. Since then, he was arrested at least three times and was identified as an ISIS supporter who received weapons training, but authorities kept on losing him; now it’s revealed that missing paperwork precluded him from being kicked out of Germany.

Local police launched an investigation into the suspect over a separate attack plot earlier this year and handed their information to Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which shut the investigation in September.

When asked why Amri was not arrested, a spokesperson for the North Rhine-Westphalia interior ministry replied: “I don’t know, ask Berlin.”

Yesterday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that it would be  “particularly sickening” if the Berlin jihad attacker turned out to be refugee. Not only does it look as if her nightmare has come true, but it is also “particularly sickening” to discover the level of incompetence of German authorities, allowing for Amri’s deadly truck attack.

Berlin attack: German authorities investigated Anis Amri over previous terror plot but failed to deport suspect, by Lizzie Dearden, Independent, December 21, 2016:

A German minister has admitted security forces knew the suspected Berlin attacker was a terror threat but failed to detain or deport him before he ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market.

Ralf Jäger, the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, told a press conference the Tunisian man had already been put under investigation over a previous attack plot but missing paperwork meant he could not be ejected from Germany.

Anis Amri, 24, was the subject of a meeting of its Joint Terror Protection Centre and federal and local government officials shared information as recently as last month, with the police warning he posed a threat.

Prosecutors are offering a €100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest, describing Amri as 5ft 10in tall and weighing just under 12 stone, with black hair and brown eyes.

“If you see the person being sought, notify the police,” read an appeal. “Do not put yourself in danger, because the person could be violent and armed.”

Mr Jäger said a separate investigation was launched into plans for “a serious act of violence against the state” earlier this year but Amri could not be deported because of a bureaucratic dispute with Tunisia, which originally said he was not a citizen.

“The man could not be deported because he had no valid identification papers,” the minister added, saying Germany requested the necessary documents in August.

They arrived today – two days after the Berlin attack – and would have allowed authorities to carry out the deportation order issued after Amri’s asylum application was rejected in June.

A spokesperson for the North Rhine-Westphalia interior ministry told The Independent local police launched an investigation into the suspect over a separate attack plot earlier this year and handed their information to Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which shut the investigation in September.

When asked why Amri was not arrested, he replied: “I don’t know, ask Berlin.” A spokesperson for the BKA said she could not comment on previous investigations but an anonymous source told Reuters there was insufficient evidence to proceed.

Prosecutors launched a probe into claims Amri was planning a break-in to finance buying automatic weapons for an attack, but surveillance that started in March failed to reveal evidence of a terror plot and was stopped six months later….

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Filed Under: Featured, Germany, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Angela Merkel, Anis Amri, Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia


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  1. Alien Republican says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 2:51 am

    Terrorist leaves “his” identity care at the site of the crime. Now go searching.

  2. Ross Lloyd says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 2:55 am

    While the German Gov’t & most Euro gov’s are proven to be incompetent or simply Moslem Dhimmis the Australian Government’s approach to refugees is constantly proven to be 110% correct!

  3. davej says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 3:18 am

    So they can’t keep track of this guy but there will be no problem vetting the other million migrants.

    Then this Catch-22: they come with no ID so you have to let them in but then you can’t deport them because they have no ID.

    Didn’t Merkel say we can do this?

    • LB says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 5:49 am

      Meanwhile, myself a European with a masters college degree whose country is not in the EU have to do INSANE amount of paper work to be allowed in for 3 months max! I’m better off growing a beard and just appearing at the border without documents and get permanent German citizenship rofl

    • DFD says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 5:52 am

      No, but she gave the orders that that is OK

  4. More Ham Ed says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 3:24 am

    An excellent interview w/ Dr. James Mitchell on foxnews (a foxnews exception to the rule)

    The man who interrogated 9/11 ‘mastermind’ has warning for the U.S.

  5. quota raven says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 3:31 am

    Just goes to show how credible Obama’s claim that all “refugees” are fully vetted is.

    Also makes one wonder, as we in the USA have seen fit to appoint a muslim to head up the CIA, whether Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has been similarly infiltrated by jihadis. Just logical, non? Just common sense? Now it’s going to cost the German taxpayers a hundred thousand Euros to catch the Berlin trucker. This is, IF they catch him. Nice work, Germany!

    Cheers!

    quota raven

    • Achmed says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 4:48 am

      Whether it costs Germany one hundred thousand Euros .. or whether it is even caught and brought to justice …. the point is this …. why was he ever allowed to stay in Europe, much less Germany? I guess, just one more case of Germans bein’ Germans.

  6. gravenimage says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 3:32 am

    Germany could not deport Berlin truck jihad attacker because of missing paperwork
    …………………..

    Well, that’s just f*cking insane.

    • quota raven says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 3:42 am

      To Gravenimage, who sez, concisely, “Well, that’s just f*cking insane.”

      Not really, my dear, if you have hired a bunch of jihadi clerks in Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). I’m confident that losing paperwork is just one amongst many sabotages muslim “insiders” can effect.

      p.;s. Have to admit, after all the years I’ve been reading your comments, something about this one made me laugh out loud! Something about the style (for you) just jumps off the page!)))

      Cheers!

      quota raven

      • gravenimage says

        Dec 23, 2016 at 7:18 pm

        Hi, Quota–great to see you posting.

        Sure–this could have been infiltrating Muslims who “lost” the paperwork–but it could just as easily have been Infidel “political correctness”, apathy, and general inertia.

        Either way, it has led to the deaths of more innocent people at Muslim hands.

        Despite these horrors, I hope you are enjoying the Holiday season!

        • quota raven says

          Dec 23, 2016 at 7:51 pm

          Graven – Thanks for the kind words and wishes. I am indeed having some fun. Son, wife, grandkids coming over to surprise me (son gave me a heads up))) with a little Christmas tree tonight. I’ll be offering a bit of “Christmas cheer” – a nice shiraz, I think – to go with the pizza.

          Hope you and those close to you, too, are finding many moments of joy and celebration at hand.

          Cheers!

          quota raven
          p.s. Do you prefer “roaring tit-head” or “wanker” to describe Prince Charles?

  7. davej says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 3:38 am

    Huffpo article laments “far right” objections as “nativism” but almost all comments reject that argument:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/berlin-turkey-attack-trump_us_58594175e4b0b3ddfd8ea393

  8. epistemology says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 3:42 am

    Not only does it look as if her nightmare has come true, but it is also “particularly sickening” to discover the level of incompetence of German authorities, allowing for Amri’s deadly truck attack.
    ————————————————————————————————-
    The German police are totally incompetent and the gov is utterly moronic. This terrorist is no real refugee, he’s from Tunisia, not a war-torn country. The Germans should only people into their country who distance themselves from barbaric sharia, a crime against humanity. Everybody has to sign a declaration of that kind.

    As for the missing papers, muzzies always throw their passports away, so just don’t let them in. After serving his sentence in Italy this scumbag should have been deported to some Islamic country, he should never have entered another European country.

    Anyway the Germans have a lot to learn.

    • quota raven says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 4:00 am

      To Epistemology, who sez, “…the Germans have a lot to learn.” and “The German police are totally incompetent and the gov is utterly moronic.”

      Ya think? Well, as I pointed out above, WE in the USA have appointed a muslim to head up the CIA. We’ve also put muslims in government as elected reps and bureaucrat bosses.

      Is that some kinda high horse you’re on?

      Cheers!

      quota raven

      • gravenimage says

        Dec 22, 2016 at 4:12 am

        We are *all* in trouble, Quota.

        Despite this insanity, I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season.

        • quota raven says

          Dec 22, 2016 at 5:18 am

          To Gravenimage – And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Graven! Yes, in spite of the insanity, it is still appropriate now to celebrate and to wish others well. I feel like some kind of revolutionary in PC eyes, though, for saying Merry Christmas, when in fact I never quit saying it.

          Let us all hope things change for the better after Jan 20. All the best to all my friends at JW. I urge everyone to send a tax-deductable gift before Dec 31 to JW for all the fine work they just keep on doing.

          Cheers!

          quota raven

        • Tjhawk says

          Dec 22, 2016 at 8:23 am

          Merry Christmas and have a wonderful holiday season to GI, QR, and all at JW. In spite of relentless assault, I still feel the poorest kafir has more to be grateful for than the richest islamic supremacist.

          I think a useful strategy would be for every kafir (Christians and non Christians alike) say Merry Christmas (with a smile), to every muslim they encounter in the public sphere. If you see a hijab or any other obvious Muslim identifiers, make a special effort to walk over, smile, and say Merry Christmas!

          I think muslims need to hear this dozens of times every time they go out to do anything. It will annoy the hell out of them, and send a message at the same time.

          Please follow QRs advice and make a donation to JW. You could also support other jihad resistors. Go to Citizen Warrior or Political Islam and buy some of Bill Warners books. Buy Robert’s books.

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 23, 2016 at 7:24 pm

          I agree with your post, Tjhawk, especially this: “in spite of relentless assault, I still feel the poorest kafir has more to be grateful for than the richest islamic supremacist.”. So true.

          Merry Christmas to you and yours!

      • epistemology says

        Dec 22, 2016 at 10:20 am

        Not really quota raven, I live in Germany and the Nazis persecuted my family. Today the Germans claim to be denazified, but let all the adherents of Nazislam into the country.

        Lechaim and happy Hanukkah

        epistemology

        • quota raven says

          Dec 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm

          To Epistemology – Thank you for you the season’s greetings, and I send right back best wishes for for happy Hanukkah, and Lechaim.

          May we continue well beyond the New Year our debate as to who’s stupider: Germany or the USA!)))) All the very best!

          Cheers!

          quota raven

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 23, 2016 at 7:30 pm

          A Happy Hannukkah to you and yours, epistemology.

          Here is a picture of the Menorah lighting in San Francisco:

          http://cdn.funcheap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/chanukah21.png

          It is a big event in Union Square, and is attended by both Jews and Gentiles. I have been many times myself.

    • Achmed says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 4:51 am

      Deport? It should have been put to the sword.

      • ElderlyZionist says

        Dec 22, 2016 at 7:19 am

        You have a point. EU countries need to bring back capital punishment.

        • faraway says

          Dec 22, 2016 at 9:53 am

          So right;special situations need special solutions.

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 23, 2016 at 8:08 pm

          What is worse than their not having the death penalty is that in most–perhaps all–of EU nations, there is no life imprisonment without possibility of parole. That means that *anyone*–mass murderer, sadism killer, Jihadist–is going to get out sooner or later and be able to terrorize innocent people again. Utter madness.

  9. Mark A says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 4:15 am

    The incompetence of European officials is appalling. Now there are 12 dead and dozens maimed because of their pathetic job performance, o, to be more accurate, non-performance.

    Civil service heads should roll, figuratively, for this particular display of complete incompetence.

  10. Damocles Junior says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 4:50 am

    Could not deport him because of no paper work. This is sick, it must be the ultimate lame-duck excuse of all time. Here in Australia we have what is known as immigration detention centres, they are not nice places but neither was that Berlin Massacre.

    Also we have a law here which as far as I know allows 30 days of detention in a jail for any terror suspect and this includes suspicion of planned terror activities. Find some backbone Europe before it is too late.

    • nicu says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 9:42 am

      EVIL nazis like the AfD said we should deport them on Islands , too like Australia does – you can imagine the outcry here .

      Merry X mas from Germanistan .

  11. davej says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 5:11 am

    Aside from the grief and suffering of the victims (which we hear very little about, for some reason), the overall effect of needing huge concrete barriers and hundreds of armed police on duty at your average Christmas market, or in fact at every public event, is corrosive, discouraging and extremely expensive in police resources.

    Which is exactly the goal of the jihadists.

    • nicu says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 9:44 am

      They never worry about the victims who are beaten or kicked to death , raped or mutilated – but the ” poor traumatized Muslims ” they are talking all the times and asking WHY — these hypocrites !

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 23, 2016 at 7:36 pm

      Very true, Dave.

  12. Benedict says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 5:33 am

    What a poor excuse by the German minister. He thinks the world is made up of fools like him

  13. moeped says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 6:36 am

    No paperwork once in a country should mean deportation or execution.

  14. nicu says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 9:40 am

    Yes, they all lose their passports but never their smartphones – a good translator could find out where they come from , but they work FOR them and not for our authorities .

    Odd that they now found his papers in that truck – ridiculous – we still get fooled every day .

  15. Janeatte says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 10:28 am

    Germany’s government is disgusting

  16. Angemon says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 10:35 am

    “The man could not be deported because he had no valid identification papers,” the minister added, saying Germany requested the necessary documents in August.

    How was he, then, allowed entrance and residence in two European nations?

    • quota raven says

      Dec 22, 2016 at 3:24 pm

      To Angemon, who responds to “The man could not be deported because he had no valid identification papers,” the minister added, saying Germany requested the necessary documents in August.”

      This story makes me crazy in so many ways. One thing it illustrates is the complete deterioration and dissipation of meaning in words.

      Take, for example “…Germany requested the necessary documents in August.”
      These documents were not “necessary” – a relatively simple word in English.

      Clearly, they were OPTIONAL.

      Best wishes to you, Angemon, and everybody at JW for a happy, peaceful Christmas and/or Hanukkah and a wonderful New Year.

      Cheers!

      quota raven

  17. Peggy says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 6:08 pm

    So what if they didn’t have the paperwork, they had him.
    All a criminal has to do is not carry ID of any form and they can’t do anything to him?

    Does anyone really buy this?

    • quota raven says

      Dec 23, 2016 at 10:14 am

      To Peggy, who asks, “Does anyone really buy this?”

      Not me. It’s complete rubbish.

      Merry Christmas, Peggy, and Happy New Year!

      Cheers!

      quota raven

  18. Stan Lee says

    Dec 22, 2016 at 10:37 pm

    Upon learning how the present German government -places “paperwork” ahead of all else, jihadis must believe they have all the time they need to pursue their missions.
    The jihadis have a greater sense of urgency than the German authorities who are obviously a contradiction to the long-time belief of vaunted German efficiency.
    These people had better get their acts together, innocent lives are depending upon it!

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