German terrorists wanted to kill Americans
DUESSELDORF, Germany, Aug. 13 (UPI) — Four terror suspects on trial in Germany told the court their hatred for the United States — a country they claim is waging war against Islam — has caused them to join the jihad.
“We didn’t want to kill two or three U.S. soldiers, but rather many,” Fritz Gelowicz, the alleged ringleader of the so-called Sauerland terror cell, said earlier this week in the regional court of Duesseldorf.
It was a grim reminder of what could have happened if police hadn’t arrested Gelowicz and his three accomplices, German nationals Daniel Schneider and Attila Selek and Turkish-born Adem Yilmaz, after intense surveillance in September 2007.