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47of74

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Fri Sep-18-09 11:18 PM
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Germany boosts terrorism alert level

Source: CNN

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) - The German government raised its terrorism alert level after al Qaeda posted a video on the Internet threatening attacks in Germany if this month's elections do not come out the way the terrorist organization wants.

"The federal elections offer a special for propaganda and operative activity by terror groups," the Interior Ministry said on Friday. "A new video posted on September 18 by al Qaeda underlines this. The security services have therefore increased the threat level, which leads to increased security measures especially at airports and railway stations."

The ministry added that it has noted an uptick in threats against Germany by al Qaeda and other Islamist groups since the beginning of the year.

In his nearly 26-minute video statement, a man identified as Bekay Harrach, using the pseudonym Abu Talha and speaking in German, says that, if the September 27 elections vote into power parties that do not pledge to pull German troops from Afghanistan, there will be a "rude awakening."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/18/germany.alqaeda/index.html

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Gedankenaustausch

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Sat Sep-19-09 08:25 AM
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1. ugh

I wish they would just fuck off for a while. Good thing i'm going to Oktoberfest before the elections!

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greennina

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Sun Sep-20-09 02:21 AM
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2. Why is Germany trying to start something?

It didn't go so well the last two times for them so why are they still so warelike and so hateful?

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Gedankenaustausch

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Thu Sep-24-09 09:45 AM
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3. Seriously?

I don't think that's what's going on. Furthermore, that comments a bit rude, I hope you were joking.

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leftynyc

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Thu Sep-24-09 09:48 AM
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4. I'll ignore your piss poor spelling

for the moment and just ask what exactly is warlike about raising an alert level after you've been threatened by animals?

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greennina

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Sat Sep-26-09 05:55 PM
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5. Did you just call Muslims animals?

Wow, who is the racist here?

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Selatius

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Sat Sep-26-09 06:09 PM
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7. So, I would assume you oppose Germany sending any army into Afghanistan?

Is that a correct assumption?

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DavidDvorkin

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Sat Sep-26-09 06:09 PM
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6. Just in time for the election

I assume that Germans too will tend to vote more to the right when they're worried about attacks from the outside.

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Selatius

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Sat Sep-26-09 06:10 PM
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8. This, in a nation that was shoved into fascism with the Reichstag fire.

I do hope the Germans have learned to never let fear dominate their choice at the ballot box.

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DavidDvorkin

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Sat Sep-26-09 09:34 PM
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9. Yes. Interesting observation.

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TheWatcher

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Sat Sep-26-09 11:22 PM
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10. Well, Fake Terror Alerts and False Flag Terror worked so well for us, other first world nations have

decided to give it a go!

What's wrong with that?

:sarcasm:

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