Rightwing Coup Plot In Germany

by Oui Wed Dec 7th, 2022 at 09:38:20 AM EST

Rechtsextreme, AfD, KSK-Soldaten, #Reichsbürger, #Querdenker, bewaffnet bis zu den Zähnen, wollten mit #Terror einen #Umsturz in D herbeiführen und einen Prinzen als neues Oberhaupt einsetzen. Klingt nach einem Fantasieroman, ist aber bittere Realität seit heute Morgen. #Razzia pic.twitter.com/tz8Y3tLSpx
— Bernd Riexinger ☮︎ (@b_riexinger) December 7, 2022

Wir sind vor Ort in Berlin-Wannsee, wo die Polizei gerade das Haus einer Richterin durchsucht. Das Ganze ist Teil eines #Terror-Verfahrens gegen #Reichsbürger pic.twitter.com/HWIpXcQEtH
— Kontraste (@ARDKontraste) December 7, 2022

Ehemalige # AfD MdB #Malsack-Winkemann festgenommen. Militante #Reichsbürger planten einen gewaltsamen #Umsturz.
Derzeit läuft der wohl größte Polizeieinsatz gegen eine mutmaßliche terroristische Vereinigung, den es jemals in #Deutschland gegeben hat. [_link]
— Hans-Günter Brünker @hgbruenker@mastodon.social (@hgbruenker) December 7, 2022

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+++ EIL +++ Bundesweite Großrazzia gegen Verschwörergruppe - 130 Durchsuchungen wegen Terror-Verdachts[_link]
— ZDFheute (@ZDFheute) December 7, 2022

Razzien bei Reichsbürgern: Terror-Netz mit Nähe zu Sicherheitsbehörden | ZDF Heute |

They planned the coup and have close contacts with the police, the army and the judiciary. During a raid in the Reichsbürger milieu, 25 people were arrested on suspicion of terrorism.
They wanted to arm themselves and storm the Bundestag, planning a coup d'etat. In one of the largest anti-terror raids in Germany, 25 people from the Reich citizen milieu were arrested nationwide on Wednesday morning. It is about the suspicion of forming a terrorist organization.
Head is said to be the imperial citizen Prince Heinrich XIII, who lives in Frankfurt. be reuss The alleged private house of the former AfD member of the Bundestag Birgit Malsack-Winkemann was also searched, as ZDF learned.
According to a spokeswoman for the Attorney General, 3,000 police officers are deployed in eleven federal states nationwide - more details:
over 130 searches

52 accused

25 people arrested - 22 of them are said to have been members and three

supporters - one arrest each in Italy and Austria

one arrested - Vitalia B. - is Russian

Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) spoke of an "abyss of terrorist threat". Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) wrote on Twitter that "an armed attack on constitutional bodies was planned".

Demokratie ist wehrhaft: Seit heute Morgen findet ein großer Anti-Terror-Einsatz statt. Der Generalbundesanwalt ermittelt gegen ein mutmaßliches Terror-Netzwerk aus dem Reichsbürger-Milieu. Es besteht der Verdacht, dass ein bewaffneter Überfall auf Verfassungsorgane geplant war.
— Marco Buschmann (@MarcoBuschmann) December 7, 2022

The self-proclaimed "Reichsbürger" or "Citizens of the Reich" are radical, violent, and deny the existence of Germany's post-WW2 Federal Republic.

Here’s everything you need to know about the movement: [_link]
— DW News (@dwnews) December 7, 2022

German police raids target far-right extremists ‘seeking to overthrow state’[_link]
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 7, 2022

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Handcuffs for Henry XIII, Reich Ringleader (none / 0)

Ein Prinz, eine Richterin der AFD, Reichsbürger und ex Militärs sollen den Umsturz unserer Demokratie geplant haben.

Als Sozialdemokratinnen und Sozialdemokraten werden wir immer wachsam sein #Reichsbuerger [_link]
— SPD International (@spdinternation) December 7, 2022

He wanted to be regent, but it was only enough for ringleader. Heinrich Reuss, or as he saw himself: Heinrich XIII, is arrested before his suspected group of conspirators could start a coup attempt. Had it not been a matter of life and death, it would have been ridiculous.
In his estate in Frankfurt, Heinrich Reuss was waiting to finally be able to rule over Germany, perhaps as a king, at any rate as a monarch. With his clique of like-minded people, he wanted to take power - Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck, Christian Lindner should do what his ancestors had to do: abdicate. But things turned out differently. The chancellor and his ministers are still in office, Reuss is handcuffed. It is 10.40 a.m. when masked emergency services in bulletproof vests lead the 71-year-old out of his property on Frankfurt's Fichardstrasse.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Dec 7th, 2022 at 05:04:14 PM EST

Re: Handcuffs for Henry XIII, Reich Ringleader (none / 0)

Ein Prinz in Tweed als Rädelsführer der #Reichsbürger verhaftet. Ich kenne eigentlich Terroristen, aber Terroristen sind wohl auch nicht mehr das, was sie mal waren. #Razzia #Reichsbuerger [_link]
— Ruben Equit (@chrilikon) December 7, 2022

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Dec 7th, 2022 at 05:05:14 PM EST
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European Union Growing Credibility Gap (none / 0)

From founding principle of Four Freedoms to a proxy continent of the American war games and machines president Eisenhower warned the world about in 1960.

Das Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) der #Bundeswehr hat anscheinend in der Nacht zum Sonntag Personen außerhalb des militärisch gesicherten Flughafens in Kabul gerettet. Aber dazu sollte man erst auf ein offizielles Statement warten.
Quelle: Spiegel pic.twitter.com/OJH1h3LxfK
— Der Gepardkommandant (@gepardtatze) August 23, 2021

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Dec 11th, 2022 at 08:19:34 AM EST

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Reichsburgers: The extremists who tried to topple the state | BBC News |
Just how wide-spread extremist ideology runs in German security forces, no-one is quite sure, which is extremely worrying, according to Nicholas Potter, a senior researcher into far-right racism and antisemitism at the Berlin Amedeo Antonio foundation.
He told the BBC about a series of recent scandals in the armed forces, including the disbanding of the second company of the KSK - the elite special forces in Germany - because far-right thinking was so prevalent there.

The 2nd Kommandokräfte (Commando Forces) Company of Germany's Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) special forces was disbanded on 1 August. The company was disbanded by KSK commander Brigadier General Markus Kreitmayr during a mustering of the troops on 30 July at Graf-Zeppelin Barracks in Calw, Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany, where the KSK is headquartered.
"The fact that we're seeing an alarming amount of ammunition and weapons just disappearing from bases, and landing in the hands of far-right soldiers. I mean, we're seeing the tip of an iceberg here [in this planned coup case] that I suspect really runs much deeper. This is very alarming. It's important to remember you don't need that many highly trained motivated armed soldiers to pose a very serious threat to democracy."
The coup-plotters included large numbers of so-called Reichsbürger in their ranks. These so-called Reich citizens are individuals - numbering over 21,000 - who don't recognise the legitimacy of the Federal Republic of modern Germany and therefore refuse to pay taxes, accept rulings by German judges or use German number plates for their cars. Reichsbürger believe the legitimate country of Germany ceased to exist after the imperial Reich collapsed after World War I.
Covid pandemic, conspiracies and mental state of citizens
Disinformation researcher at Berlin's CEMAS - Josef Holnburger - says studies suggest a whopping 20% of Germans are susceptible to conspiracy theories. Including online Russian propaganda.
He told me Germans were particularly vulnerable at this moment: post Covid-19 pandemic, facing an economic downturn, with energy cost concerns linked to the war in Ukraine. Many blame the authorities.
Stephen Kramer, the regional intelligence chief for Thuringia, the eastern German home of the prince's hunting lodge, pinpoints the Covid-19 pandemic as a turning point - not just in Germany, but across much of Europe. He says extremist groups swoop in in times of crisis, seeking to exploit the situation to their advantage.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Dec 11th, 2022 at 08:20:39 AM EST
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Oh really, they have not read Le Carré to know how and why the extreme-right was preserved in high positions in Germany post ww2 by the US occupants?

by Tom2 on Sun Dec 11th, 2022 at 12:25:06 PM EST
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🇩🇪 is the second largest troop contributor to NATO after the USA. In the #NATO Response Force alone, that's around 13,000 soldiers. The #Bundeswehr is currently further increasing its readiness. Various national alert measures have been triggered. Minister #Lambrecht emphasizes: [_link]
— Germany at NATO (@GermanyNATO) February 26, 2022

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Dec 11th, 2022 at 08:21:20 AM EST
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Perhaps because it is in Germany they have the largest number of troops?

by Tom2 on Sun Dec 11th, 2022 at 12:23:56 PM EST
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Eine der Stärken des Flakpanzer #Gepard ist sehr schnelle & tieffliegende Ziele zu erfassen und zu bekämpfen. Er wurde zu einer Zeit entwickelt, als Überschalljagdbomber ihre Ziele tief und sehr schnell angriffen. Das Mono-Puls-Doppler-Radar von Siemens ist deswegen in der Lage🧵 [_link]
— Der Gepardkommandant (@gepardtatze) December 6, 2022

Chancellor Merkel and the Bundeswehr 'Capability Gap'

Die "Gepard"-Lieferung zeigt die miserable Austattung des Bundeswehr | Suddeutsche Zeitung |
Germany is supplying Ukraine with weapons technology that it hardly has any more. This curiosity shows pars pro toto how neglected the Bundeswehr has been treated since the beginning of the Merkel era at the latest: The Gepard tanks were never replaced because politicians at the time considered national and alliance defense to be something of the past and foreign missions the only order of the day were valid. Similar but state-of-the-art systems to Mantisonly came to the troops in such tiny numbers that they would do little in the event of a defense. The Bundeswehr has coined its own word for such deficiencies: the capability gap.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Dec 11th, 2022 at 08:22:14 AM EST
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