German prosecutors say they have arrested a German and a Turkish citizen in Frankfurt suspected of links to the international terror network al-Qaida.
They are accused of being involved in a foiled terrorist plot in 2007 to attack US and other Afghan civilians killed in incident with German soldiers ...
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Merger forms transatlantic union ... targets. The German man is suspected of membership in the Islamic Jihad Union. The Turk is suspected of supporting the same group. Prosecutors believe the pair had direct links to three alleged members of the German cell of the Islamic Jihad Union who were arrested in 2007 and charged earlier this month. The Uzbek group has militant camps in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
(Deutsche Welle)
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