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Report Warned of Threat to U.S. Troops in Germany: Newsweek
Report Warned of Threat to U.S. Troops in Germany: Newsweek
20 Jan 2020, 03:11 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. received intelligence about a potentially imminent attack being planned against military personnel stationed in Germany, Newsweek reported, citing a memo it saw.
- The 66th Military Intelligence Brigade received third party information stating that a possible attack could occur against soldiers at either Tower Barracks in Grafenwohr or Tower Barracks, Dulmen; the exact location, date and time of possible attack was unknown
- Information was marked unclassified and from a senior U.S. intelligence official
- “The source of information stated the attack would be carried out by an unknown Jordanian extremist currently located in Germany near an unknown military base,” the report said
- U.S. Army Europe confirmed to Newsweek that a potential threat was identified and investigated last night
- “German and US officials were consulted and no imminent threat was found to exit”
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To contact the reporter on this story: Nathan Crooks in Miami at ncrooks@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Sebastian Tong at stong41@bloomberg.net
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