This is a small thing with one arrest, and the German legal system has an abysmal record at convictions, but it is a start.
There is no way of knowing how much intelligence is being conducted by the NSA and other intelligence agencies. Hopefully, it is considerable.
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Al Qaeda Suspect Arrested in Germany
Authorities say they have detained a 36-year-old Iraqi man near the central German city of Osnabrück on charges of distributing al Qaeda videos on the Internet.
Police apprehended the suspect, who has only been identified as Ibrahim R., in his apartment early on Tuesday. Prosecutors in the state of Lower Saxony issued a warrant for his arrest on Sept. 24 on strong suspicions that he was supporting a terrorist organization.
It's the first time someone has been detained on German soil specifically for spreading al Qaeda messages. Police searched the man's apartment and confiscated a laptop and a number of computer discs. Prosecutors suspect him of posting video and audio messages from Osama bin Laden and other major al Qaeda leaders on the Internet.
It is unclear when the man, who was identified as an Iraqi citizen, entered Germany. The Federal Prosecutor's Office declined to give further details, saying the case was still ongoing.
Evidence against the man was collected by criminal investigators at both the federal and local levels as well as by the Lower Saxony Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The man is to be taken to the southern German city of Karlsruhe, where he is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday.
The arrest comes as Germany is trying to step up measures aimed at preventing people from using the Internet to promote terrorism.
The desktop war.
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Religion of Peace
Cascades
NorK Nukes
Unacceptable
Is he a German Propagandist from Iraq or Iraqi Propagandist from Germany, does it even matter?
Do not worry though, it's
"Out of our Zone"
We all fell in to the burnin' ring of fire
down down down
and the flames went higher
Now we burn burn burn,
the ring of Fire,
the ring of Fire
The Ring of Foley
the Ring of Foley
Generic Congressional vote RCP average, Dem +16.6%
NY26, Mr Reynolds the Republican incumbent is minus 15% post Foley.
Another one down
and another one down
another one bites the dust
The "real" German terrorist story
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Will Motassadeq Go Free?
By Dietmar Hipp
Sept. 11 terror suspect Mounir el Motassadeq is heading back to a Hamburg court on Thursday -- for the third time. Prosecutors are pushing for a stiffer sentence, while his defense lawyers intend to use a cynical argument to win his acquittal.
These days, a well-known friend of the September 11 hijackers leads a quiet life. In spite of a seven-year jail sentence, Mounir el Motassadeq has been free for a good six months. ..."
the link SPIEGEL ONLINE
Rasmussen latest is behind a subscriptin wall, but their headline says
ReplyDeleteGeneric Ballot:
Dems 46% GOP 38%
So by the rufus standard, the Dems are up by 10%, genericly.
Even more so, District by District, in the battleground 40 Districts, according to RCP, today.
Rasmussen says that self identified Republicans have dropped, from 37.1% in Nov '04 to 32.3% of the Electorate today.
Early morning number inversion, on my part, rufus.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see in 28 days, fer sure
But it's a District thing, not generic over views that count.
The Dems are still up at least 10 in the House, 4 in the Senate.
Do nothing Congress guarenteed for '07 & '08. Better or Worse than the last two years, depending if one likes "do nothing" or not.
Kiss the dreamed of Supreme good bye, whom ever he'd be, he won't be confirmed.
It'd be tough to get Ms Miers past the Dems, in the next go round
"Make News", that used to be called
ReplyDelete"Wagging the Dog"
Different era, or perspective, aye?
I say eschew "Thus Spake Zarathustra" and go with the "Brandenburg Concertos".
ReplyDeleteDot with some Irving Berlin.
Then a big finish with some John Phillip Souza.
About Islam..deport them all,even the American citizens, then kill them. We don't need that dogma hanging around any longer.
Rufus,
ReplyDeleteI ahve ta tell ya I'm adamantly opposed to Pols voting in this election unless they are citizen!
Poles are fine people but they must be citizens of we're in deep
Krakow.
Somewhat o/t but not ...
ReplyDeleteForeign Affairs
Western Culture Must Regain Its Will to Survive
Will to Survive
Review of Mark Steyn's new book..forebodingly funny.
Rufus...It's good to have Czech's and balances.
ReplyDeleteI try the wheat Czechs..better ruffage.
Russian Hypocrisy and Duplicity Continues Apace
ReplyDeleteUSA Today's Devastating Condemnation of Putin's Russia
Bad Bear Russia