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In Foiled German Terror Plot, the Detonators Came from Syria

[Der Spiegel-Germany] Simone Kaiser, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark - With the help of the CIA, German investigators foiled what would likely have been the most devastating terror attack of its kind in the country's history. Last October, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) intercepted suspicious emails between Germany and Pakistan. This month in the central German Sauerland region two German converts to Islam were arrested: Fritz Gelowicz, 28, the son of a doctor, and Daniel S., 22, who had learned how to handle weapons during his military service. His neighbors in nearby Saarbrucken had noticed that he prayed to Allah "often and very loudly." Adem Y., 28, a Turkish national, was also arrested. The trio was caught in the act of mixing chemicals to make explosives at a vacation house. When they searched the house, German investigators found military detonators from Syria that a courier had smuggled into Germany, as well as 60 liters of hydrogen peroxide. The materials were apparently intended for use in three car bombs that the group may have planned to detonate in front of a U.S. military base in Germany, a nightclub or a major airport.
2007-09-12 01:00:00
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