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German Islam convert regrets attack plan
By NICOLE LANGE (AP) – 3 days ago
DUESSELDORF, Germany — The youngest member of an alleged radical Islamic
terrorist cell whose plot to attack U.S. targets in Germany was foiled
by authorities testified Wednesday he would not repeat his actions.
Daniel Schneider, a 23-year-old German convert to Islam, told the court
he was relieved to have been arrested along with three other alleged
cell members in 2007 and said that he now believes such an attack would
be harmful to Islam.
"Today, I would not make the decision to fight holy war," Schneider said.
Schneider, along with Fritz Gelowicz and Adem Yilmaz, both 29, and
Attila Selek, 23, are suspected of operating as a German cell of the
radical Islamic Jihad Union. They face charges of plotting bombing
attacks in Germany against American citizens and facilities across the
country.
In later testimony, Selek also told the Duesseldorf state court he "no
longer wanted anything to do with the attacks."
Selek further testified that he had acquired the detonators, but
insisted his actual goal had been to become a martyr fighting in
Chechnya. He said it did not make sense to start a war in a peaceful
country.
Though no pleas are entered under the German trial system, all four men
accused in the plot have decided to confess, hoping to mitigate their
sentences.
Yilmaz, however, testified Wednesday that the U.S. remained Islam's main
enemy. He said that any soldiers who fight Islam needed to be fought,
regardless of their nationality.
"Germans, Americans, Turks — they are all the same to me," Yilmaz said.
"I don't differentiate."
The four face charges of membership in a terrorist organization,
preparing bombing attacks and conspiracy to commit murder and a bombing
attack — they face a 10-year maximum sentence if convicted.
Schneider faces an additional charge of attempted murder, which carries
a possible life sentence, because he is alleged to have fired a police
officer's gun in a tussle during his arrest. No one was injured.
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