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Günther Beckstein

Günther Beckstein is the Interior Minister of the Land of Bavaria. It is expected that he will continue in the post if the German conservatives win the legislative elections on September 18. He is a social-Christian and close to Edmund Stoiber. Since 1996, he is a member of the synod of the Evangelical Church of Bavaria.

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“The fight against Terror will Last Centuries”

by Günther Beckstein

19 September 2005

We are well armed now. I had warned about the danger of an attack by Al-Qaeda a week before September 11. The magnitude of the attacks could not be foreseen. I also believe that the fight against Islamic terrorism will last centuries. I think that the role of Germany in terrorism is more (…)