Two former military of the Bundeswehr planned to create “a paramilitary unit of 100 to 150 men” to “force peace negotiations between the Hushist rebels and the Yemeni government”, according to the Karlsruhe prosecutor’s office.
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Two former soldiers of the Bundeswehr suspected of having wanted to form a terrorist company were arrested, announced the federal prosecutor of Karlsruhe, Wednesday, October 20th.
of German nationality, Arend-Adolf G. and Achim A. Both were arrested by special federal police units on Wednesday morning, one in Freiburg-en-Brisgau (Baden-Württemberg), the Other in Munich (Bavaria). The homes of four other suspects, also located in these two Länder from southern Germany, were also searched.
The two men arrested Wednesday had begun preparations to create “a paramilitary unit of 100 to 150 men”, composed of former police officers and former soldiers, and whose objective was to “intervene in the civil war which is rampant in Yemen, “says Karlsruhe’s prosecutor’s office, competent in terms of terrorism. They wanted “” to pacify “the civil war zone and force peace negotiations between the Hushist rebels and the Yemeni government,” says the public prosecutor.
In order to finance this project, Achim A. “Tempered with perseverance and over a long period of establishing a dialogue with Saudi government officials”, who has been militarily involved in Yemen since 2015. He would have “tried in different ways of ‘Establish a channel of communication with Saudi government agencies and obtain a meeting date for the submission of its proposal, “adds the prosecution, which specifies that” these attempts have remained a dead letter because the Saudi government agencies contacted have not reacted “.
” They expected civilians to be killed “
According to German justice, the two men would have already contacted seven other people in order to constitute their paramilitary group. To each, they had proposed monthly salaries of 40,000 euros. “They knew that the unity they had to order would inevitably be brought to commit murderous acts during their mission. […] In addition, they expected civilians to be killed and wounded in the context of Combat Operations “, can we read in the parquet release.
According to Spiegel and Tagesspiegel , Arend-Adolf G. and Achim A. would have belonged to Parachute Units of the Bundeswehr before working for The German safety company Asgaard, known in particular for its activities in Iraq, where it was charged in particular to ensure the safety of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Baghdad.
“Asgaard did several times talk about her. In 2017, a War Flag of the iii e Reich would have been hooked in one of the companies of the company’s premises in Baghdad. His boss has also publicly called the general of the Wehrmacht Kurt Student [General de la Luftwaffe during the Second World War] of “soldier model”, “recalls the Tagesspiegel.