What are your thoughts on this latest terroist plot in Germany?

[mountainboo]

I am shocked that Germany is a target and I'm also shocked that they are yet again home grown!! What the bloodyhell is going on in this world!!! Apparantly there is chatter similar to that of the summer of 2001. Is there something big on the horizon?

[Lonnie]

I haven't seen the news or read the papers today, have you got a link?

[Zen]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/697929 5.stm

[Carakeel]

I am not actually surprised by these latest events in Germany. I lived in that beautiful country for 28 years and, within the last nine years there, lived in an upmarket area of Frankfurt, not far from the IG Farben buildings, then occupied by the American military. Our appartment shook badly twice, when bombs went off at the American base nearby. Many of the windows in the houses around us were blown out by the blasts. About 8 houses up from us, on the opposite side of the street, was the American Military's Civilian Employment office. That too was bombed several times. At one point my work took me to Frankfurt airport quite regularly and I was there 45 minutes after a bomb blew the front glass face off the main building, killing two innocent children and their mother. This was many years ago. What I am saying is that the Americans in Germany have always been targets for extremist groups, especially Islamic groups as it would seem. It is terribly sad! Germany is a very hospitable country and I loved it there, as do most foreigners who get the chance to live there. So it makes me very sad to see news such as this most recent etrocity.

[kwicky]

Why do the Germans need the American or British troops stationed there? The cold war is over! Or is it just global domination by the yanks which is causing so much grief throughout the world. We think about it but these islamic terrorists go one step further.

[mountainboo]

It's a horrific thought that people can betray their own country in such a terrible way. I'm glad this recent plot has been foiled. It seems these mentalists are finding the U.S to hard to get to (why did it take the lives of nearly 3000 to get that way) so they are now targeting Europe.

[brionon]

KWICKY I supose the German can run their country as they please without the risk of idiot Mslims wanting to blow them up ?

[jno]

the Americans have bases in many countries - over 100, I think. Local people in many of these countries don't like it (that's why they're 'home-grown'). There were protests at Greenham Common in the UK in the 1980s, though they involved women peace protesters and were not aimed at killing anyone. Perhaps the Americans might consider closing some of them down? As kwicky says, the cold war is over; the Americans won.