Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Sources: Terror attack on U.S. military personnel in Germany may be in final planning


Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany is the military's largest overseas hospital, and the first stop for Iraq and Afghanistan wounded once transferred out of a combat hospital.

U.S. and German officials fear terrorists are in the final planning stages of an attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany...

“The information behind the threat is very real,” a senior U.S. official told ABC News...

Security at all U.S. military and diplomatic facilities has been increased in the last month, following reports that suspected terrorists had conducted surveillance of the Patch Barracks facility.

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