Webloggin » German Authorities Looking For 10 More Terror Suspects

Yesterday we covered a story in which German authorities apprehended three suspected terrorists, two young German men, ages 22 and 28, who converted to Islam and a 29 year old Turk, were caught with 1500 pounds of hydrogen peroxide for making explosive devices. Their goal was to strike Ramstein Air Base, a major U.S. military and NATO hub in Germany and the Frankfurt International Airport, also in Germany.

Now it is being reported that German authorities are looking for approximately ten more suspects related to the case. According to the AP:

German authorities were searching Thursday for about 10 suspected supporters of an Islamic group linked to al-Qaida believed to have assisted three militants arrested for plotting imminent attacks against Americans in Germany, an official said.

Authorities believed “some 10″ further suspects provided support to the two German converts and a Turkish citizen who were arrested Tuesday, August Hanning, a top security official, told the ARD broadcaster.

“This is the network that we are aware of at the moment,” Hanning said, adding that authorities believe the splintered cell — which includes more converted Germans, Turks and other citizens — no longer poses a direct security threat.

The three arrested suspects had military-style detonators and enough material to make bombs more powerful than those that killed 191 people in Madrid in 2004 and 52 commuters in London two years ago, prosecutors said Wednesday.

In addition, this news comes after Danish authorities arrested eight suspected terrorists linked to senior al-Qaida.

Hats off to the German’s and the Danish authorites, keep rounding them up fellas!