Bomb Plot Terror Suspect Confesses In German Court
August 11, 2009 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
The main defendant in a trial of four Islamic militants accused of planning major bomb attacks on U.S. targets in Germany confessed to the charges in court on Monday.
Fritz Gelowicz, a German convert to Islam, said his group planned attacks in Europe as early as 2006 while training along the Pakistani-Iranian border, and chose targets in Germany as it was the country with which they were most familiar.
Wearing faded jeans, sneakers, and a full beard, Gelowicz told the packed court the group had aimed to strike at U.S. power abroad.
“We wanted to pick targets where there were mostly U.S. soldiers,” said Gelowicz.
