AhabsOtherLeg wrote:MacCruiskeen wrote:Right, so, to sum up, we still don't know:
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3. what possessed the German Minister of the Interior to terrorize the German population with sensational banner-headline "news" of a "possible bomb" "possibly" (but - as he already well knew! - not actually) destined for Germany on a German plane
I think we might have a fair idea on that one. From another forum, don;t know how accurate the information is:
So, German TV is broadcasting a "special terrorism report" constantly, which involves them bringing on one "terrorism expert" after the other while showing the same images of German police armed with SMGs patrolling Christmasmarkets, airports and landmarks (like Brandenburger Tor etc), big anti-terror emergency exercises (they seem to especially like showing people with fake blood on their faces) and past terror attacks such as when environmental groups tried to stop nuclear transports or protest clashes with riot police, over and over and over again.
Last night at around 6:30 in the morning, the biggest mosque in Berlin was put on fire, they found propane at the scene, but the official statement is that it was just a bunch of people working in that area that accidentially put it on fire, but no construction/renovation workers or anything like that were present at the scene at the time. Oh also, that mosque burning down doesn't qualify as a terrorist attack. I bet if the old Frankfurt cathedral here burns down tonight it magically would be a terorrist attack. [/b]
Yes, there was an arson attack on that mosque - the fourth this year, in fact. No wonder, really, when Berlin's Interior Minister has advised the public to keep an eye out for any "suspicious-looking characters" who might betray their sinister intentions by (for example) speaking Arabic in public. (Be your own Blockwart! Report 'em to the police!) And yes, the media have been going apeshit about this (non-existent) "parcel bomb", not least because it was (fraudulently) reported just a couple of days after the government had issued a vague and unhelpful "warning" about an alleged "Al Qaeda" plan to attack Germany at the end of November. (The Madrid bombings were "Spain's 9/11", remember? And the 7/7 bombings were "Britain's 9/11"... Every self-respecting Great Nation should have one. Germany's no exception.)
It scares me shitless, frankly, just as it's intended to do. Personally, I won't be able to avoid airports and main railway stations in the capital at the end of November. And if any real bombs do go off here, then you can bet your life that "Western intelligence agencies" will top my list of suspects (presuming I survive), and not for no reason.
Bastards. What has me worried is that I think they really need a "new 9/11", pretty damn soon. There is so much shit hitting so many fans at the moment -- so much public discontent, and even actual riots -- that I suspect we're going to be given a fresh lesson about "the reality of the terror threat".
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Edit: Forgot to add, yesterday the German government announced that police presence in "Muslim areas" was permanently increased and that "Muslim troublemakers" could expect an electronic tag or ankle monitor (not sure what the correct translation is).
I don't think that's true, Ahab. Strikes me as scaremongering. If it was in fact reported, then it would have been big news, and I've heard nothing about it. And when I google news reports with the keywords in German, I find nothing.
What is true is that police presence has been stepped up nearly everywhere, especially at the main rail and air traffic hubs.
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