Analysis: Terror threat growing in Germany

Radical Islamic terrorism is becoming a more multifaceted and concrete threat to Germany. “Islamist terrorism continues to be a real threat to Germans,” Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tuesday in Berlin at the release of the 2008 report by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, an agency that monitors all forms of…

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Terror threat in the Netherlands ‘substantial’

According to Dutch government counter-terrorism chief Tjibbe Joustra, the threat of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands is higher than ever. At present, the threat level rests at its second highest level – “substantial.” Justra, however, said that he believes the level should be set to “substantial plus.” He dies not say what specific threats…

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Analysis: terror threat remains

Despite the fact that Islamist extremists have only mounted one “successful” attack in Britain – the 7/7 bombings in which 56 people died – the threat of terrors attacks in the UK has not gone away. The official threat level is classed as being “Severe” – this is one down from the highest level, “Critical”,…

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Hundreds of potential terrorists live in Germany, official says

There are roughly 700 people in Germany who the interior ministry believes may be involved in extremist Islam circles, the ministry’s deputy head said. Of the some 700 people in Germany suspected of being Islamic terrorists, a “double digit” number of them have been classified by the country’s 16 states as dangerous and are “under…

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