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Western Officials Suspect Russia Was Behind Plot To Put Incendiary Packages On Cargo Planes

LOADING ERROR LOADING WARSAW, Poland — Western security officials suspect Russian intelligence was behind a plot to put incendiary devices in packages on cargo planes headed to North America, including one that caught fire at a courier hub in Germany and another that ignited in a warehouse in England. The logo of German fright company DHL is seen on a …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Western officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary packages on cargo planes

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Western Security Officials Suspect Russia Was Behind Plot to Put Incendiary Packages on Cargo Planes

Associated Press

Western officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary packages on cargo planes headed to North America. The incidents come as Western officials say they are seeing an intensification of a hybrid war of sabotage by Russia targeting Ukraine’s allies, including election disinformation and arson attacks in Europe this year.

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1 year, 6 months ago

As far right party surges, Germany’s intelligence agency warns of growing extremism

Associated Press

BERLIN — The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency warned on Tuesday of a growing threat of extremism, particularly from the far right, with the number of politically motivated crimes carried out by extremists reaching a record high last year. Haldenwang said some members of Alternative for Germany have “very intensive contacts” with Moscow and had met with Russian officials …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Far-right extremism in Germany rose in 2022, now poses country’s biggest security threat

LA Times

Masked police arrest an alleged far-right coup plotter after a raid on the so-called Reichsbuerger, or Reich Citizens, movement in Frankfurt, Germany, in December. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday that it has recorded a new high in crimes by political extremists in 2022, with the far right posing the biggest security threat to the country. The agency also counted …

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2 years, 7 months ago

German intel chief says espionage at Cold War levels

Associated Press

BERLIN — The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence service said Thursday that levels of espionage are as high as during the Cold War, or even higher. “Today, we assess the level of espionage against Germany at least at the level of the Cold War -- if not significantly higher,” Haldenwang said at an event in Berlin. He predicted that “in …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Germany to disarm far-right extremists and restrict gun access

LA Times

Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs, speaks at a news conference announcing measures to fight right-wing extremism in Berlin on Tuesday. Germany’s top security officials announced a 10-point plan Tuesday to combat far-right extremism in the country that includes disarming about 1,500 suspected extremists and tightening background checks for those wanting to acquire guns. Interior Minister …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Germany records rise in neo-Nazis, far-right extremists in pandemic-hit 2020

LA Times

Police use water cannons to disperse anti-lockdown protesters near the Reichstag in Berlin in November. Authorities in Germany say that the number of far-right extremists in the country increased last year as neo-Nazis sought to join protests against pandemic-related restrictions. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Tuesday that authorities counted 33,300 far-right extremists in 2020, an increase of almost 4% …

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6 years ago

AfD: German intelligence puts extreme far-right groups under surveillance.

CNN

Berlin CNN — Germany’s domestic security agency has said it will put sections of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance. The country’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution announced Tuesday that it would focus on two elements: the AfD youth wing, “Junge Alternative”, and the party’s far-right politician Björn Höcke and his supporters. Haldenwang said Höcke and …

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6 years ago

Far-right party draws watchful eye of German intelligence

Associated Press

BERLIN — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday it was putting the far-right Alternative for Germany under increased observation amid concerns that it is flirting with extremism. The domestic intelligence service BfV plans to examine public comments by Alternative for Germany members and its links to extremist groups, but stopped short of putting the party as a whole under covert …

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Western Officials Suspect Russia Was Behind Plot To Put Incendiary Packages On Cargo Planes

Western officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary packages on cargo planes

Western Security Officials Suspect Russia Was Behind Plot to Put Incendiary Packages on Cargo Planes

As far right party surges, Germany’s intelligence agency warns of growing extremism

Far-right extremism in Germany rose in 2022, now poses country’s biggest security threat

German intel chief says espionage at Cold War levels

Germany to disarm far-right extremists and restrict gun access

Germany records rise in neo-Nazis, far-right extremists in pandemic-hit 2020

AfD: German intelligence puts extreme far-right groups under surveillance.

Far-right party draws watchful eye of German intelligence