GERMANY ANTI TERROR MEASURES

Unidentified men watch police forces searching the Cologne-based organization "Islamic State" in Cologne, western Germany, Wednesday Dec.12, 2001. Interior Minister Otto Schily banned an extremist Islamic organization, making the first use of a new law allowing Germany to outlaw religious groups with possible links to terrorism. After banning the Cologne-based organization "Islamic State" and 19 related groups with a total of 1,100 members an estimated 200 searches were carried out in seven German states, Schily said in a statement. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)