Imminent attack on Americans in Germany, say US, Germany officials Options

[jonathan83]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/0...rmans_fear.html

U.S. and German officials fear terrorists are in the advanced planning stages of an attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany.

Law enforcement officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com that U.S. air marshals have been diverted to provide expanded protection of flights between Germany and the United States.

"The information behind the threat is very real," a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble told reporters, "The danger level is high. We are part of the global threat by Islamist terrorism."

[Aaron]

Looks like this isn't as big of a deal as originally thought...

U.S. and German officials said on Friday there was no new security threat in Germany after ABC News reported that officials believed that terrorists were planning an attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany.

ABC News, in a report on its Web site, quoted a senior U.S. official as saying, "The information behind the threat is very real." It also quoted German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble as saying, "The danger level is high. We are part of the global threat by Islamist terrorism."

But officials in Germany, which is hosting a G8 summit of major industrialized countries next month, and in the United States, said they were unaware of a new threat.

U.S. defense and counterterrorism officials, asked about the ABC News report, said they were unaware of a new threat against U.S. installations in Germany beyond a more general warning issued last month.

"We're unaware of anything new. We have not changed our force posture," a defense official said.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinves...NG-UPDATE-2.XML


And, yeah, I'm doing the obligatory "go and travel for an extended period of time immediately after graduation" thing. I'm a walking cliche.