With almost 39,000 US servicemen currently deployed across Germany, Grafenwohr-based US Army Garrison Bavaria is thought to be one of the largest American military bases abroad.
Newsweek magazine cited an unnamed source as saying on Sunday that the US had received intelligence about a “possible imminent attack” against American troops stationed in Germany.
The “third party information”, which was reportedly received by the US' 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, specifically singled out servicemen based at either Tower Barracks in Grafenwohr or Tower Barracks in Dulmen as potential targets.
“The source of information stated the attack would be carried out by an unknown Jordanian extremist currently located in Germany near an unknown military base. The unknown Jordanian was described as a loyalist to the Jordanian kinglet and recently advocated killing US soldiers in Germany”, the intelligence report asserted.
Newsweek explained in this context that critics sometimes use the word “kinglet” as a derogatory term for Jordan's King Abdullah II, who earlier signalled support for US military operations in the region.
In 2016, Jordanian soldier Sergeant Marik al-Tuwayha killed three US Army Special Forces outside the al-Jafr base in southern Jordan. He pled not guilty but was sentenced to life in prison.
The magazine also cited a US Army Europe spokesperson as confirming that “a potential threat was identified and investigated last night”.
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