SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 30, 2012
A US Army drone strike in March killed a German citizen who had joined the jihad in Pakistan. His death has the potential to reignite the debate over the legitimacy of air strikes by unmanned drones and may increase diplomatic tensions with the US. By Hubert Gude more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 27, 2012
A series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk on Friday injuring dozens, at least three seriously. Authorities spoke of a terrorist attack but it remains unclear who might be responsible. The blasts come just weeks before the country co-hosts the European Football Championship tournament. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 16, 2012
The new head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service, Gerhard Schindler, 59, tells SPIEGEL he wants the agency to become more willing to take risks. He also says al-Qaida is becoming more influential in northern Africa and that the killing of Osama bin Laden hasn't significantly weakened it. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 22, 2012
A debate is beginning in France over possible failures of the country's security and intelligence agencies. Prior to his killing spree, Mohamed Merah had been placed on a government list of radical Islamist fundamentalists. And there were even clues leading to his mother after the first murder. Could authorities have acted sooner? By Stefan Simons in Paris more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 22, 2012
Suspected serial killer Mohamed Merah is dead following a firefight with elite police in Toulouse. French prosecutors have confirmed that the terror suspect filmed his crimes as he murdered his victims, who included soldiers and Jewish children. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 22, 2012
Following the death of the Toulouse terror suspect on Thursday, attention is now turning to what his crimes will mean for France's future. With a presidential election just weeks away, candidates managed a dignified sense of national unity during the crisis. But German commentators say that could quickly change. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 22, 2012
A Syrian man living in Germany has been sentenced to five years in jail after a court convicted him on Thursday of promoting al-Qaida and other terrorist groups on the Internet. Authorities believe Hussam S. played a key role in German-language propaganda efforts for Islamist extremist groups. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 22, 2012
The man thought to be responsible for killing seven in a murder spree in southern France is dead, French Interior Minister Claude Guéant confirmed on Thursday. Mohamed Merah, who claimed he belonged to al-Qaida, had brought the country to a near standstill after killing three soldiers and four people at a Jewish school. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 21, 2012
A man like Mohammed Merah is Western law enforcement's worst nightmare. The suspected perpetrator of the Toulouse attacks fits into the "lone wolf" category of terrorist. Such individuals claim to be part of organizations like al-Qaida but act on their own initiative -- making them hard to detect before they act. By Christoph Sydow more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 15, 2012
When it comes to America's security, President Barack Obama has turned out to be just as ruthlessly determined as his predecessor -- particularly when it comes to using drones to wage the war on terror. But the target of his recent legal repositioning might have much less to do with terrorists than with Iran. By Thomas Darnstädt, Marc Hujer and Gregor Peter Schmitz more...
