GERMANY ANTI-TERROR MEASURES

FILE -- Jan. 7, 1999 file photo shows Turkish -born Muhammed Metin Kaplan holding a sword during a meeting of his islamic group in Cologne, Germany. German Interior Minister Otto Schily on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001 banned Kaplan's islamistic organization "Islamic State" and 19 related groups, making the first use of a new law allowing Germany to outlaw religious groups with possible links to terrorism. Kaplan is currently serving a four year German jail term for incitement to kill a rival. (AP Photo/Hakki Akkduman)