2007 bomb plot in Germany

In 2007, a bomb plot planned across various German states by the al-Qaeda-controlled Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) affiliated Sauerland terror cell (German: Sauerland-Gruppe, lit. 'Sauerland Group') was discovered following an extensive nine-month investigation involving more than 600 agents. The number of agents involved in a counterterrorism operation led by the federal police had never been the case before.

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