Serendipita

Lots of great links to films, articles etc. on my favourite physicist Richard Feynman in this MeFi thread: A Map of the Cat.

I rarely post about “political” news here, but I thought this was worth mentioning, especially since it doesn’t seem to be covered by the media in the US. Or is it?

Three men who are alleged members of a terrorist organization have been arrested in Germany because they prepared a bomb attack. Likely targets were the airport in Frankfurt/Main and the US military air base in Ramstein, Germany.

A few articles…
… from DW-World:

• Search for Suspects Continues After Averted Terror Attacks
• EU Mulls Database for Explosives After German Terror Plot
• Concern Resurfaces Over Islamist Radicals in Germany’s South

… from Spiegel Online International Terrorism:

• Attacks on Frankfurt Airport, Ramstein planned: Three Islamist Terror Suspects Arrested in Germany
• More deadly than London or Madrid: Islamist Terrorists Planned Massive Attacks in Germany
• Tracking down the Islamist cell: Authorities Hunt 10 Further Suspects in Terror Case
• The world from Berlin: ‘The Next Attack Is Perhaps Already Being Planned’

Mehr auf deutsch hier: FAZ.net Spezial zum Kampf gegen den Terrorismus