That is wrong. Germany was not on the side of those waging war. We did not supply the Americans with any target data.

In spite of numerous successful hunts for terrorists, the terrorist threat situation has eased only superficially. The bomb attacks in Madrid and London are clear evidence that Europe is no longer just a recruitment and financing area but has become a target of Islamic terrorism.

We were not involved in tracking down Saddam Hussein.

Terrorist groupings of a secular character and with only a regional sphere of activity have largely been pushed into the background. Only a few of the secular groupings still pose a serious threat.

For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans,

I am not saying that during the Second World War Germany did not, under the leadership of the National Socialist government, commit crimes.