Security up at Landstuhl after ‘unspecified incident’ By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, September 28, 2007
LANDSTUHL, Germany — An “unspecified incident” prompted increased security measures Thursday afternoon at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the largest American hospital outside the U.S.
The incident came during U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern’s annual force protection exercise dubbed “Warrior Response 2007” and follows just weeks after threats to U.S. military installations in Germany.
“U.S. Army in Europe force protection personnel are working closely with German officials to investigate an unspecified incident in the Kaiserslautern garrison area of operations,” according to a written statement from U.S. Army Europe Spokesman Bruce Anderson. “Appropriate force protection measures are in place. Army in Europe soldiers, employees and family members are encouraged to remain vigilant and take reasonable precautions.”
The Kaiserslautern area is home to roughly 50,000 Americans and is considered to have the largest concentration of Americans outside the United States.
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The unspecified incident, which is not being called a threat, materialized during a time of heightened concern about terrorists targeting Americans in Germany. On Sept. 4, German authorities arrested three men who were allegedly planning to attack U.S. military installations and locations frequented by Americans. Ramstein Air Base was one of the installations mentioned as a potential target in early press reports about the thwarted terror attack. Ramstein is roughly a 20-minute drive from Landstuhl.
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http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=49106uhc comment: Terra, terra, terra. It appears the military is receiving the same bullshit as we have been getting. Unspecified incident, nothing to report, and no clue about the facts.
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