Germany on High Alert

by Ryan Mauro
Germany has gone on high alert until next year due to a suspected impending terrorist attack on the country. It has been reported that the Reichstag parliament building is one target, but it could easily be any number of shopping centers, airports or trains. This plot may or may not materialize, but the country will have to remain on guard for the foreseeable future, as dozens of its residents have traveled for terrorist training, and Al-Qaeda has its sights set on Germany. The German Interior Minister has confirmed that there are “concrete indications” of a terrorist attack headed Germany’s way, the first time the country has used such language. The Germans received information from a terrorist informant overseas that six operatives have been dispatched to carry out the attacks, including a German, a Turk, and a North African. According to his information, two of the operatives already arrived in Berlin between six and eight weeks ago. However, the informant says the attack is planned for February or March, contradicting other intelligence claiming the end of the month was the timeframe.
Germany also received intelligence from the United States two weeks ago about a radical Shiite terrorist group in India called “Saif.” The group has supposedly linked up with Al-Qaeda and sent two operatives to carry out attacks in Germany. They are said to be arriving in the United Arab Emirates on November 22, where other terrorists will give them new travel papers. A senior German intelligence official says there is additional intelligence which demonstrates that threat reporting has grown in quantity and specificity recently.
“We are pretty sure that there is a great danger and an attack is imminent in Germany,” the anonymous official said. A report by Spiegel Online alleges that the terrorists want to carry out a shooting rampage on the Reichstag and take hostages.
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