Islamic threats directed at Germany are "now at unprecedented levels."

SHOOT: Therehas been a surge of terror related activity, much of which appears to have been narrowly averted, including a foiled subway attack intended for September 11 in New York, and a sting operation where an undercover FBI agent sold fake explosives to a man who parked them in front of a major Dallas skyscraper. In South Africa all US embassies were closed due to a terror threat. It makes one suspect that sooner or later, these threats will slip through security loopholes.

clipped from news.yahoo.com Two threatening videos surfaced Friday — one by al-Qaida and another by the Taliban — showing video of top German landmarks like the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and Munich's world-renowned Oktoberfest. IntelCenter, an organization that monitors terrorism, said the threats directed at Germany are "now at unprecedented levels." Although Germany's election campaign has centered mainly on how best to spur economic recovery, the role of German troops in Afghanistan has leapt into the spotlight after al-Qaida issued a string of threatening videos aimed at Germans. The Interior Ministry on Friday also confirmed the existence of a Taliban video that threatens attacks on Germany. "Your operation here against Islam makes an attack on Germany tempting for us mujahedeen," a German-speaking Taliban fighter in Afghanistan identified as Ajjub says in the video.