Tag: Neo nazis

  • Ex neo-Nazi: Joining Taliban – terrible mistake

    Ex neo-Nazi: Joining Taliban – terrible mistake

    German man who joined Afghan jihad says he regrets decision due to lack of comforts on battlefield; ‘my wife missed her cell phone,’ he says

    Ynet

    Published: 11.03.12, 17:58 / Israel News

    137 103 talibanA former neo-Nazi turned jihadist who attacked an American base near the Afghan-Pakistan border has told a German court that he regrets his decision to become a terrorist, The Times reported Saturday.

    The German man, identified only as Thomas U, said that signing up for the German Taliban Mujahidin (DTM) and travelling with his wife to the war-torn Afgfhan-Pakistan border was a “terrible mistake.”

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    At court, the jihadist lamented his fellow combatants’ drug habits, lacking hygiene, contracting hepititis A and the loss of his friends on the battlefield.

    His wife, he said, also missed comforts such as shopping at the supermarket and her cell phone.

    Turkish prison

    According to the report, the couple were arrested upon escaping to Istanbul, Turkey, in 2010 after the wife became pregnant. She gave birth in a Turkish prison.

    Thomas U, 27, is being charged with being a member of the DTM and taking part in an attack on an American base.

    According to the report, he paid 5,000 euros to travel to the Afghan-Pakistan border in 2009, and was locally trained in the use of firearms and explosives. He even appeared in a Taliban propaganda video, boasting that the attack “disrupted the Christmas spirit” on the base.

    The aspiring terrorist became disillusioned with the violence in April 2010, when DTM’s German co-founder Eric Breininger and a Dutch national only identified as Danny R were killed in an attack by Pakistani force.

    The 1.87 meter-tall man had shriveled to only 53kg after contracting hepatitis A.

    “It was a terrible experience,” he said in a court statement. “I was shocked at the lack of hygiene, people were spitting and vomiting.

    “My wife was very unhappy because traditionally women are treated badly,” he added.

    He expressed his relief at escaping the dreadful conditions.

    “Finally I could hold hands with my wife in public,” he was quoted as saying.

    via Ex neo-Nazi: Joining Taliban – terrible mistake – Israel News, Ynetnews.

  • German officials vow to solve neo-Nazi murders

    German officials vow to solve neo-Nazi murders

    German officials vow to solve neo-Nazi murders

    davutogluDavutoğlu visited the homes of Enver Şimşek and Abdurrahim Özüdoğru in Hessen, one day after his meeting with Hessen State Prime Minister Bouffier.

    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who is currently in Germany on a five-day visit, said German officials have given their word that they will do their best to solve the murder cases of at least nine immigrants believed to be perpetrated by a neo-Nazi ring.

    Davutoğlu said, speaking after a meeting with Hessen State Prime Minister Volker Bouffier on Friday, that Germany will be guaranteeing that they will prevent activities of extreme right gangs, do whatever it takes to shed light on the murders and do everything so that Turkish immigrants can feel secure in Germany.

    Davutoğlu, who arrived in Germany on Thursday for a five-day visit, also met with the families of some of the Turkish citizens who were killed by a neo-Nazi crime gang.

    Davutoğlu visited the homes of Enver Şimşek and Abdurrahim Özüdoğru in Hessen, one day after his meeting with Hessen State Prime Minister Bouffier. Davutoğlu arrived in the city of Friedberg in the morning to meet with Şimşek’s daughter Semiya Şimşek and son Kerim Şimşek at the family’s house. Some other relatives of the family were also present during the meeting.

    Speaking to journalists after the visit, Kerim Şimşek said they were very happy to have the minister visit them. “Our minister came here; he listened to us. He said he will help us [with the legal process]. God bless our minister. He has taken interest in this. This shows that the Turkish state is standing by us, not leaving us alone.” He said Davutoğlu promised to do all that he could to make sure that those behind the murders are brought to justice. Enver Şimşek was killed 11 years ago. He was one of at least nine foreigners killed by a neo-Nazi terror group over the past decade, whose murders were not linked to the gang until very recently. The investigation also revealed links between the extreme right terrorists and Germany’s national intelligence department, creating a political scandal in Germany.

    Kerim Şimşek said his family expected to receive compensation from Germany both for physical and emotional damage. He said Germany’s embarrassment over racism did not amount to an apology.

    “We are not alone any more,” said Semiya Şimşek. “Now we know what to tell our children about our father’s death,” she said, adding that an anti-racism demonstration was planned in the city of Kassel on Dec. 10.

    Davutoğlu also visited the Özüdoğru family, where he talked with the deceased’s spouse Gönül Özüdoğru and daughter Tülin Özüdoğru. Press members weren’t allowed to take pictures at either meeting.

    Germany’s neo-Nazi murderers were found out only when two of them, who were wanted in relation to a bank robbery, killed themselves and another turned herself in, fearing she would not be able to get away. This is how the German police were able to link a series of murders to the terrorists for the first time in a decade. German officials have said they fear there were more murders perpetrated by the same gang. All suspicious immigrant deaths have been reopened. The initial investigation revealed that Germany’s intelligence agency had been watching every move by the group and probably knew about the murders.

    In a related development, the foreign ministry announced that Davutoğlu will attend an international conference on Afghanistan to take place in Bonn on Dec. 5.

    A Foreign Ministry statement said that Davutoğlu will represent Turkey in the conference and brief the participants on Turkey’s contributions to Afghanistan, including the “İstanbul process” on regional security and cooperation for a secure and stable Afghanistan, adopted at the İstanbul Conference on Afghanistan on Nov. 2.

    More than 90 countries as well as representatives from the United Nations, NATO, European Union, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Economic Cooperation Organization, and the World Bank have been invited to the conference.

    via German officials vow to solve neo-Nazi murders | Europe | World Bulletin.

  • Turkey to intervene in neo-Nazi case

    Turkey to intervene in neo-Nazi case

    Turkey is preparing an application to German courts to get involved in the judicial process being launched against far-right extremist suspects accused of killing of eight Turkish citizens between 2000 and 2004 described as the “döner kebab killings.”

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    “The Vienna Convention gives this right to us. When it comes to protecting the interests of a Turkish citizen, we have the right to get involved in such a judicial process. We are still investigating it,” a senior Turkish diplomat told the Hürriyet Daily News yesterday. “Apart from this, we will also give legal assistance to our citizens who lost their relatives in these killings.” German security forces recently revealed that a neo-Nazi cell calling itself the National Socialist Underground is suspected of committing a string of racist murders, including those of eight Turks. The crimes have caused soul-searching across the country, which is concerned about tarnishing its image in the eyes of the international community.

    Turks concerned on neo-Nazi cell

    Germany is home to nearly 3 million Turks with 700,000 of them holding German citizenship. The revelation of the Neo-Nazi cell fueled concerns among the Turkish community, which has suffered from similar extreme-right attacks in the past. “We are following the developments very closely and are in close contact with the German officials,” the diplomat said. Germany was in the same position when German citizen Tilman Ekkehart Geske was killed along with two Turkish missionaries at the Zirve Publishing House, a Christian publisher, in Malatya in 2007, the diplomat added.

    Turkish Ambassador to Berlin Ahmet Acet met with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle upon the minister’s invitation and the two visited a Turkish association to ease the concerns of the Turkish community. Acet has also demanded a meeting with Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich. He is also expected to raise the issue of unresolved murders of Turks since late 1990s and demand these cases be re-opened. The German government’s approach to this issue has been so far satisfactory.

    via Turkey to intervene in neo-Nazi case – Hurriyet Daily News.