Lebanese (??) Terror Group operating in Germany, attack fudged up fortunately

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5263930.stm

German police have ruled out blackmail as the reason why two bombs were left on trains on 31 July - and now believe it was a failed terror attack.

The bombs were in identical black cases on trains in Dortmund and Koblenz.

They had been timed to explode 10 minutes before the trains arrived, said federal crime chief Joerg Ziercke.

"We are now working on the basis that this was the work of a terrorist group... and was an attempt to kill a large number of people," he said.

Police want to trace two men seen on CCTV wheeling cases at Cologne station.

Initial suggestions that the bombs may have been an attempt to blackmail a train company had been ruled out, Mr Ziercke said.

He said police were working on the theory that the group responsible were based in Germany.
The devices consisted of gas canisters, alarm clocks, wires, batteries and a flammable liquid in soft drink bottles.

A handwritten note in Arabic, listing groceries, a telephone number in Lebanon and packets of starch labelled in Arabic and English, were also found.

Mr Ziercke said up to 100 investigators were trying to work out why the devices failed to detonate. "We still have many unanswered questions," he said.

He appealed to the public for help in tracking down the people who planted the device.
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Now this is absolutely ridiculous. Germany hasn't harmed a fly since the war ended, they are friends with almost everyone and are not involved in any Middle East business. They have a hospital in Afghanistan, but that's it.

I am starting to lose faith in my theory that Islamist Terror is politically motivated...
 
That's not good...
And a terro group based in lebanon with intent to commit terrorist acts in Germany? Seems unlikely... What I'm impressed at is my complete ignorance of this, and I do browse the news reports regularly. Was it reported on TV at all?
 
Its one of the biggest stories in Germany right now, unsurprisingly, but on the BBC it is hidden away in the Europe section, not making headlines at all.

Don't know about the telly, ain't seen anything
 
It was pretty big news on the BBC when the bombs were found but that was 3 weeks ago.

BTW they've released CCTV of two suspects and have possibly IDed one.

More here including the CCTV caps
 
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