Germany holds suspected militants

MIKE BURN

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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Posted: 0807 GMT (1607 HKT)

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- German authorities detained 14 suspects connected to the Iraqi militant group Ansar al-Islam and searched at least two dozen places across the country on Tuesday, the federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe said.

Among the suspects, three Iraqi members of Ansar al-Islam were arrested on charges of collecting money, delivering goods and driving for the group, the office said in a statement.

There was no evidence the suspects were planning any attacks in Germany, but the al Qaeda-linked group has been waging guerrilla and terrorist attacks in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Searches were continuing as of Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Among 24 places searched were sites in Munich, Nuernberg, Regensburg, Stuttgart, Buehl, Kuppenheim, Euskirchen, Braunschweig and Kiel. One site in Basel, Switzerland, was also searched, the prosecutor's office said.

The three Iraqi suspects were to appear before a federal judge in Karlsruhe on Tuesday.

bitwhys · Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 649

now if only that were the last of them. sounds like a well coordinated effort.

charges all around?

congratulations.

Galmin · The King has spoken! Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 1711

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Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Posted: 0854 GMT (1654 HKT)

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spanish police have arrested 16 suspected Islamic terrorists, including 11 linked to the terror network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials announced Wednesday.

DreamTone7 · Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2571

Yippee!!! Go dog go...go, go, go! Get 'em while they're hot!

PS - I hope the Islamic terrorists don't decide to try and coerce these countries as they have already done before in Spain. They succeeded before...not a good thing.