[Washington Post] Craig Whitlock - German police arrested two men near Frankfurt on terrorism charges Friday, alleging they were involved in a cell that had plotted to blow up U.S. targets in Germany a year ago. Federal prosecutors said the two suspects - a German citizen of Afghan descent and a Turkish national - had traveled separately to Pakistan during 2007 to receive training at camps operated by the Islamic Jihad Union, a terrorist group allied with al-Qaeda. Earlier this month, German prosecutors filed an indictment against the three suspected ringleaders of the plot and said they had discussed bombing U.S. military bases in Germany and a dance club in the city of Giessen.
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