So, Mutti Merkel: this is what you meant when you said that Germany could handle a gaggle of more than 1 million refugees from North Africa and the Middle East?
"The police in Germany arrested six Syrian migrants on Tuesday, suspected of plotting an attack and having links to the Islamic State, fanning fears that extremists posing as refugees were targeting Europe…
On Tuesday, Christian Hartwig, a spokesman for the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office, said that 500 police officers had stormed eight apartments in the German cities of Essen, Hanover, Kassel and Leipzig in early morning raids, and arrested the suspects. The men, ages 20 to 28, had been posing as refugees, Mr. Hartwig said.
He said the men were suspected of acting on behalf of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and were planning an attack using weapons or explosives. They had arrived in Germany between December 2014 and September 2015, he added, a period when millions of refugees were heading to Europe. All six had applied for asylum, though Mr. Hartwig did not say if they had been granted that status."
Germany Arrests 6 Syrian Migrants Suspected of ISIS Links - The New York Times
The German papers were all over the story as well:
"The men are suspected of “planning an attack with weapons or explosives on a public target in Germany,” according to prosecutors. Authorities said that the men had not yet finished preparing their attack, but did not provide further details.
The suspects planned to carry out the attack at a Christmas market in the western city of Essen, sources close to the investigation told local public broadcaster Hessische Rundfunk. Police have not yet confirmed the report."
German police detain suspected IS members in anti-terror raids | News | DW | 21.11.2017
"Attack at a Christmas market?" Sounds like a repeat of last year's Berlin Christmas market terror strike. A Turkish refugee used a semi-truck to drive through the crowded mart and kill 12 people while injuring dozens more.
If Merkel falls as Germany's chancellor, and it's looking increasingly like she's going to have to call new elections once again as she and her party, the Christian Democrats, have failed to build a ruling coalition with other parties, it'll be because of her push to open German (and European) borders to millions of refugees and immigrants, mostly from the aforementioned Middle East and North Africa.
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
"The police in Germany arrested six Syrian migrants on Tuesday, suspected of plotting an attack and having links to the Islamic State, fanning fears that extremists posing as refugees were targeting Europe…
On Tuesday, Christian Hartwig, a spokesman for the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office, said that 500 police officers had stormed eight apartments in the German cities of Essen, Hanover, Kassel and Leipzig in early morning raids, and arrested the suspects. The men, ages 20 to 28, had been posing as refugees, Mr. Hartwig said.
He said the men were suspected of acting on behalf of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and were planning an attack using weapons or explosives. They had arrived in Germany between December 2014 and September 2015, he added, a period when millions of refugees were heading to Europe. All six had applied for asylum, though Mr. Hartwig did not say if they had been granted that status."
Germany Arrests 6 Syrian Migrants Suspected of ISIS Links - The New York Times
The German papers were all over the story as well:
"The men are suspected of “planning an attack with weapons or explosives on a public target in Germany,” according to prosecutors. Authorities said that the men had not yet finished preparing their attack, but did not provide further details.
The suspects planned to carry out the attack at a Christmas market in the western city of Essen, sources close to the investigation told local public broadcaster Hessische Rundfunk. Police have not yet confirmed the report."
German police detain suspected IS members in anti-terror raids | News | DW | 21.11.2017
"Attack at a Christmas market?" Sounds like a repeat of last year's Berlin Christmas market terror strike. A Turkish refugee used a semi-truck to drive through the crowded mart and kill 12 people while injuring dozens more.
If Merkel falls as Germany's chancellor, and it's looking increasingly like she's going to have to call new elections once again as she and her party, the Christian Democrats, have failed to build a ruling coalition with other parties, it'll be because of her push to open German (and European) borders to millions of refugees and immigrants, mostly from the aforementioned Middle East and North Africa.
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."