Suspected RAF Terrorist Goes on Trial =========================== STUTTGART. Amid high security, the trial of a suspected member of the Red Army Faction began here on Tuesday. Andrea Klump, 43, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, collusion to murder and belonging to a terrorist group. Ms. Klump pleaded not guilty and denied ever having been a member of the Red Army Faction, a left-wing terrorist group. But the federal public prosecutor's office maintains that the Wiesbaden-born woman became active in the 1970s, when the group's activities were at their peak, and was a full-fledged member from 1984 to 1998. She was arrested last year in Vienna. During the arrest, her companion, Horst Ludwig Meyer, another German who was also wanted in connection with Red Army Faction activities, was shot dead. Prosecutors will argue that Ms. Klump and Mr. Meyer planned a 1998 bomb attack on personnel of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization based in Rota, Spain, in the hope of killing as many U.S. soldiers as possible. The attack was foiled when the bomb failed to detonate. The two suspected terrorists fled, taking a British family hostage but ultimately leaving it unharmed. A verdict is expected early next year. (AP) November 28 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 2000 ======================================
