Germany's intelligence services cooperated with the US CIA for years on a database of suspected Jihadists and their supporters in Germany, the weekly Der Spiegel reported yesterday.

Under the codename "Project 6“ or “P6", Germany's BND and Verfassungschutz intelligence services and the CIA monitored and collected data on Islamists and suspected terrorists in Germany, the magazine said, without

revealing its sources.

The US and German services jointly rented premises in the western town of Neuss in 2005, before subsequently moving to Cologne, the weekly said in a pre-release of an article to be published in its Monday edition.