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German Police Raid Sites Linked to Radical Mosque Visited by ... » Feb 28, 2017 ...Berlin mosque Police officers stand in front of the 'Fussilet 33' mosque in Berlin on February 28, 2017. German authorities have closed a radical mosque in Berlin, which was frequented by Anis Amri, the author of the truck attack against a Christmas market in December, local police said on February 28,... Newsweek.com

How the Berlin Terror Attack Exposes Angela Merkel's Weakness » Dec 21, 2016 ...As Monday's terrorist attack in Berlin made clear, such tragedies only serve to expose her worst vulnerabilities. ...Though premature and rather callous, at least by the prim standards of German politics, these remarks seemed tame compared to the frustrations that regular citizens were expressing online. Time.com

Meet the far-right party that's bringing racism and xenophobia back ... » Sep 26, 2017 ...The Alternative for Germany is a far-right German political party known for its xenophobia, anti-Islam beliefs, and pride in German identity. ....also the fears stoked by a terror attack allegedly perpetrated by a Tunisian immigrant in a Berlin Christmas market last December that killed 12 and injured 49, as well... Vox.com

Germany's Far Right Rises Again - POLITICO Magazine » Dec 21, 2016 ...Purged from German politics 70 years ago, nationalism is back. ...The terror attack that killed 12 people at a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday is expected to bolster the AfD even more, and in turn, lower support for Merkel, who has been criticized for welcoming nearly 1 million migrants in 2015 alone,... Politico.com

The Corner | National Review » 11 hours ago ...Trump plays the politics of wedge issues all the time, but he tends to take the 30 percent issues that divide Republicans and enlarge the opposition. Whether he's ....Our new embassy was ordered by the administration of George W. Bush, for we are in an age of terror, and we have the corpses to prove it. Nationalreview.com

How Angela Merkel Has Led Germany to New Prominence | Vanity ... » To think that only 25 years ago Angela Merkel was a divorced 35-year-old East German physicist specializing in quantum chemistry, who was not allowed to set foot in West Berlin and had never uttered a political opinion in public, was a striking affirmation of both the ability of Germany to recover and her own ability to ... Vanityfair.com

Meet Frauke Petry, the Donald Trump of Germany » Mar 9, 2017 ...At a protest against Berlin's refugee policy in 2015, Petry holds a banner reading “Asylum Needs Limits.” John Macdougall/AFP/Getty. The AfD has gained political influence extraordinarily quickly. Just four years after its founding, the once- peripheral party has become a major force, having won seats in 10... Newsweek.com

Germany Is in Denial About Its Ineffective Counter-Terrorism Structure » Dec 22, 2016 ...Former counter-extremism adviser to Gerhard Schröder says German politicians and security officials must learn the lesson of Berlin. ...On December 19, Germany was hit by its first major Islamist terror attack, when a man steered a huge tractor-trailer truck into a Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm... Newsweek.com

The Darknet: the Battle for 'the Wild West of the Internet' - Rolling Stone » Oct 22, 2015 ...Inside the Web's secret space for drug dealers, arms traffickers, hackers and political dissidents. ...But at the same time, the Darknet, which Tor enables, has become the primary cove for criminals like Ross Ulbricht, imprisoned founder of Silk Road; the hackers behind the recent Ashley Madison attacks;... Rollingstone.com

How World Leaders Reacted to the Berlin Attack » Dec 20, 2016 ...Right-wing politicians are blaming German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the assault. ...The German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a lengthy statement Tuesday morning on the assault, which she assumed is a terrorist attack. The chancellor offered her sympathies to the dead, their friends and family, and... Newsweek.com