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On secret mission in Germany: CIA agents with "a lisence to kill"

Berlin, Aug 7, IRNA -- Twelve CIA-agents are currently said to be on  
an "unclear mission" in Germany according to local intelligence       
circles, the "Bild" newspaper said Thursday in an unconfirmed report. 
    The agents are said to belong to an "elite unit" such as the      
"Delta Force" which has been "lent" to the CIA for the current mission
in Germany.                                                           
    "German security experts assume that the special agents might     
have received the order to track down the homes of possible islamic   
terrorists and their supporters in Germany," the paper reported.      
    The 12-man team is also said to be in posession of a "lisence to  
kill, although the CIA is officially not permitted to liquidate       
anyone anymore since the 1970s," it said.                             
    "The CIA-agents have sofar been sighted in the (western state     
of) Essen," the daily said, adding that they may have also been       
"moving" in Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Hamburg.               
    Unofficial reports also claim that a further three-man group of US
secret service agents may soon join the German mission, also equipped 
with a "lisence to kill."                                             
VKP/216                                                               
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