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Originally Posted by Divemaster
German cops roll up 19 suspected ISIS douchebags. The article I cite has 16 arrested, but I'm hearing the higher number elsewhere. How many of us have been to or passed through Frankfurt and some of the other locations mentioned?
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I haven't been in Wiesbaden in several years, but I passed through Frankfurt, Offenbach and Darmstadt as recently as this past year. Indeed, when I was in Offenbach in September, there was a heavy police presence. A big soccer game was about to let out, and due to both ordinary hooliganism and a a heightened terrorist threat, the police were taking no chances.
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Originally Posted by Hand
From this side of the pond, it seems the police in Germany are the only people interested in fighting terrorism.
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One of my best friends is a senior NCO in the Luftwaffe in Berlin, and has been been a pretty big advocate of stronger German anti- and counterterrorism policies.
One of my other best friends works in airline security in Frankfurt am Main, and is pretty far to the left. He is OK on antiterrorism, but is one of those guys who tends to think that most of our counterterrorism efforts only breed more terrorists. It's pretty frustrating to argue the point, so we usually shift subjects and have a few more beers.