American military bases in Germany step up terror warning
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Berlin, Oct 8, IRNA -- American military bases in the southern German state of Rhineland-Palatinate have stepped up their terror alert levels amid media reports of a possible terrorist attack by a wanted militant German-Turkish Islamist, press reports said here on Friday.
A US military spokesman in Germany confirmed that they had tipped off German security agents about the 23-year-old Islamist who is believed to be on his way to Germany, after taking part in a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.
Germany's interior ministry announced earlier that the man was subject to an international arrest warrant.
A spokesperson emphasized however that there was no additional danger of terrorist attacks in Germany.
US military bases have been repeatedly the target of terrorist assaults.
There are currently 22 American military bases spread across Germany, hosting around 45,000 GIs.
Germany is a major logistics center for US military operations abroad and has also become the staging ground for American wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.
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