Germany shuts 9/11 plotters' mosque in Hamburg

[maddezmom]

Source: BBC

Germany shuts 9/11 plotters' mosque in Hamburg
Police broke into the mosque on Monday and hunted for evidence of jihadist activities German police have shut down the Hamburg mosque where the 9/11 hijackers met before their suicide attacks on the US in 2001.

About 20 police officers searched the Taiba mosque early on Monday; its associated cultural organisation is suspected of helping extremists.

Investigators suspect that members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan met at the Taiba mosque before going to a jihadist training camp.

The Taiba association has been banned.

The mosque in Hamburg's St Georg district - formerly called the Al-Quds Mosque - has been under surveillance since the 2001 attacks.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10911542

[aquart]

1. Couldn't convert it to a community center?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. You're just embarrassing yourself at this point. nt

[Make7]

2. It was too close to ground zero. ( n/t )

[Wilms]

3. Gee. No arrests? But they bolted the joint. n/t