Absolutely massive breaking news from #Germany: In one of the largest police raids aginst extreme right milieu in German history, 3000 officers began searching 137 objects im 11 states this morning. 51 suspects and 25 arrests so far. 1/2
bit.ly/3HiHQWy The group is mainly part of the #sovereigncitizen #Reichsbürger milieu and is alleged to have formed a #terrorist organization with the aim to attack German parliament and overthrow the government. Also, several former army officers of special forces were reportedly involved.

Just out: Latest stats from #Germany on right wing #extremists and sovereign citizens identified in German #police, #military and intelligence agencies in 2nd edition of essential governmental report. Key takeaways in a short thread. 1/x You can download the full report in German for free here: bit.ly/3PmDK15 2/x

Neo-Nazis praising the Taliban? Islamists sharing extreme right memes? "Former" neo-Nazis talking "national Bolshevism"? There's much interest in the convergence between extreme ideologies lately. Time for a thread since the cover of "From Traitor to Zealot" has arrived! "From Traitor to Zealot" will be out in November by .@CambridgeUP as the first indepth exploration of extremist side-switching and the ideological highways connecting usually hostile milieus based on over 50 extraordinary life stories. For the details: bit.ly/3l7l4nH

Tomorrow, trial against German #army 1st lieutenant Franco A. will start. He is charged with plotting a false flag extreme right #terrorist attack. It is one of the strangest and most shocking cases involving active duty #military personnel and far right terrorism. Short thread. Before zooming in on this case, here is a background reader on the history of far right #extremism and the #military in Germany, the UK, the US, and Canada we wrote for .@ICCT_TheHague in September 2019: bit.ly/3ov9tQI

For the 1st time, German military intelligence published its now annual report on extremism within the Bundeswehr. Highly important source of information. Some key takeaways in this short thread. Download the report here: bit.ly/3fq1FuI In 2019, 482 new investigations into potential cases of extremist soldiers were started. This is a high number compared to previous years.

Today the German federal annual intelligence report 2018 was released. The report belongs to the most important resources on #extremism and #terrorism in #Germany. You can find the full report online here: bit.ly/2IR48QE following #thread will give you the essentials. Right-wing extremist crimes in 2018 among others: 6 attempted murders, 938 assaults, 11 arson attacks. No explosive attacks or completed murders. Increased in assault, robberies and violent resistance against arrest. Decrease in arson and explosives.

1/x So the following #thread breaks down a story unfolding in #Germany in the last days, which as become too strange and awfully relevant, as not to bother you all with it. It quickly turned into a political-legal-media-#XRW shitshow with quite many angles. 2/x So what happened? A week ago a tv crew from a public media station wanted to film during a #PEGIDA rally in Saxony. Yes, they still exist but rarely hit the national news anymore. As they filmed some participants, one if them started to verbally assault the crew.

1/ #German magazine .@DerSPIEGEL reports rising number of #xrw foreign fighters (2,500 now) joining Asow militia in #Ukraine to fight agst #Russia in current print issue. @DerSPIEGEL 2/ It is also reported Asow militia actively recruited openly during largest German #xrw concert in #Themar in July 2017. This shows how much underestimated the threat of #xrw foreign fighters compared to #jihadists is. Imagine outcry if #ISIS would openly recruit at a concert.