DTN News: Germany TODAY October 21, 2010 - Police See Over 1,000 Militant Islamists In Germany....NSI News Source Info # 1146

DTN News: Germany TODAY October 21, 2010 - Police See Over 1,000 Militant Islamists In Germany....NSI News Source Info # 1146
(NSI News Source Info) BERLIN, Germany - October 21, 2010: Germany is probably home to more than 1,000 potentially violent Islamists and the number of identified militants has risen constantly in the past few years, the Federal Crime Office (BKA) said on Wednesday.
The number of investigations into Islamic terrorism in Germany, where the 9/11 attacks on the United States were planned, has risen continually since 2001 according to the BKA. A total of 352 investigations were now under way, they said.
"Security officials in Germany believe there are more than 1,000 Islamists ready to commit violence," the BKA, a nationwide police agency, said in a statement for its autumn congress.