German police raid flats, mosque over suspected ISIS ties

[flamingdem]

Source: Reuters Berlin


Reuters, Berlin
Tuesday, 23 September 2014

German authorities raided a mosque, an Islamic community center and radical Islamists’ flats in cities across Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of having connections to militants in Syria.

The suspects, belonging to the ultra-conservative Salafist movement, are aged between 23 and 36 and police believe they were planning a violent attack although they made no arrests.

“We will not stand by and watch as the terrorist Islamic State [of Iraq and Syria] death squads in Syria and Iraq get support from Germany,” Joachim Herrmann, interior minister for the southern state of Bavaria, told reporters after detailing the raids.

The raids took place as the United States and Arab allies launched air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda militants in Syria.

More than 400 German citizens have traveled to Syria to join ISIS and the Berlin government this month outlawed the organization, making ISIS propaganda, symbols and activities illegal.

Read more: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2014/09/23/German-police-raid-flats-mosque-over-suspected-ISIS-ties.html

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Note: Intel can be useful in such cases.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Just the start.

Something says it's roll up the suspects. Seems like Europe is nervous and are going to push the envelope.

[cosmicone]

2. Good for Germany

Others should follow suit.

[freshwest]

3. 400 Germans joined? How will they stop them coming back to do mischief? Is the EU open to travelers?

Seems they'd only need to fly to France or another adjoining country to enter Germany again.

[840high]

4. Good.

[ZombieHorde]

5. "making ISIS propaganda, symbols and activities illegal"

Lame. I don't like people being locked up for their words.