• Guitarist Richie Faulkner plays during a performance of the British heavy metal band "Judas Priest" at WOA - Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. WOA is considered the biggest heavy metal festival in the world. (Frank Molter / dpa via AP)
    Guitarist Richie Faulkner plays during a performance of the British heavy metal band "Judas Priest" at WOA - Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. WOA is considered the biggest heavy metal festival in the world. (Frank Molter / dpa via AP)
  • An aerial picture taken by a drone shows farmland outside Suloszowa village in southern Poland. EPA
    An aerial picture taken by a drone shows farmland outside Suloszowa village in southern Poland. EPA
  • Samoa's Jack Hitila Opeloge celebrates while competing in the men's 109-kilogram snatch weightlifting event on day six of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. AFP
    Samoa's Jack Hitila Opeloge celebrates while competing in the men's 109-kilogram snatch weightlifting event on day six of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. AFP
  • Ukrainian women hug during a rally in Kyiv to call for Russia to be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. More than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war, including some who defended Mariupol from within the Azovstal steel plant, were killed last week. Reuters
    Ukrainian women hug during a rally in Kyiv to call for Russia to be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. More than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war, including some who defended Mariupol from within the Azovstal steel plant, were killed last week. Reuters
  • Puppies wheeled in a municipal bin arrive at a Mdzananda Mobile Animal Clinic on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. The mobile clinic provides veterinary care to animals and pets in the city's impoverished and informal communities. EPA
    Puppies wheeled in a municipal bin arrive at a Mdzananda Mobile Animal Clinic on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. The mobile clinic provides veterinary care to animals and pets in the city's impoverished and informal communities. EPA
  • US women's basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a cage for defendants before a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia. Reuters
    US women's basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a cage for defendants before a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia. Reuters

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August 05, 2022

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German intelligence warnings
  • 2002: "Hezbollah supporters feared becoming a target of security services because of the effects of [9/11] ... discussions on Hezbollah policy moved from mosques into smaller circles in private homes." Supporters in Germany: 800
  • 2013: "Financial and logistical support from Germany for Hezbollah in Lebanon supports the armed struggle against Israel ... Hezbollah supporters in Germany hold back from actions that would gain publicity." Supporters in Germany: 950
  • 2023: "It must be reckoned with that Hezbollah will continue to plan terrorist actions outside the Middle East against Israel or Israeli interests." Supporters in Germany: 1,250 

Source: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution

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