Brussels - Terrorist Attacks

-------/\/\/ Brussels  Terrorist Attacks Explosions Tuesday 22 March 2016 Explosions 1.  Zaventem airport - 8am local time - 2 blasts 2.  Maelbeek metro station - shortly after 8am local time - 3rd blast  BBC Article Brussels raids: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam arrested 19 March 2016 Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been wounded and arrested in a dramatic raid in Brussels after four months on the run. Another man arrested, Monir Ahmed Alaaj, was also on a wanted list, Belgian prosecutors said. Three members of a family accused of harbouring Abdeslam have also been detained. ... Abdeslam, a 26-year-old French national born in Brussels, had lived in Molenbeek before the Paris attacks.     Is Molenbeek a haven for Belgian jihadis?     What happened during the Paris attacks?     Who were the Paris attackers? He is believed to have returned to Belgium immediately after the attacks, in which his brother Brahim blew himself up. In January, police said they may have found a bomb factory in the Schaerbeek district of Brussels used as a hideout by Abdeslam. Police found traces of explosives, three handmade belts and a fingerprint of the suspect. ... Abdeslam has been the subject of a massive manhunt since the attacks, claimed by militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group. ... A number of suspected attackers lived in the Belgian capital, and police have carried out a series of raids. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35846954 -------/\/\/ Express Article Missiles thrown at police in Molenbeek by Salah Abdeslam 'supporters' - their sick 'HERO' TENSE scenes have broken out between locals and security forces in Molenbeek following the arrest of Salah Abdeslam with some residents reportedly “praising” the evil Paris terrorist. By Selina Sykes PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sat, Mar 19, 2016 | UPDATED: 11:32, Sat, Mar 19, 2016 Riot police were called in to disperse the crowds who gathered in the Brussels suburb after missiles were thrown at the Belgian authorities. Tensions were sparked after young people from the troubled area started declaring their support for their “hero” Abdeslam, according to a witness. An eyewitness posted on Twitter: “Great tension in Molenbeek with young people from the area praising their ‘hero’ Salah Abdeslam." Police officers were targeted by locals, many of which were young people, who threw objects including bottles, according Belgian newspaper La Libre. Video footage of the incident shows large crowds in the road where the dramatic terror raid took place, with shouts heard before objects are thrown at officers. Other journalists at the scene confirmed the tense scenes, with officers using police dogs to get people to leave the area. Stones were also reportedly thrown at police, according to French media. Police dogs are heard barking at locals shouting and hurling objects while officers attempt to push the crowd back. ... Riot police armed with batons and shields move into the area, while several young men appear reluctant to leave the scene. The presence of riot police at the scene suggests authorities were concerned about potential riots, according to some Belgian media. The authorities had the tough task of managing the tense and nervous atmosphere among locals on the streets while a dramatic raid was still underway. Many exasperated locals who left their houses after hearing rumours of Abdeslam's capture gathered by the security cordons blocking off the area. Tensions have been running high in Molenbeek since the Brussels suburb was linked to the murder of 130 people by Islamic State (ISIS) jihadis in November last year. Several of the Paris attackers, including Abdeslam and ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, came from the troubled area which has been dubbed Europe’s ‘jihadi haven’. The Brussels district, where some areas are up to 80 per cent Muslim, was also searched as part of anti-terror operations in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January 2015. In January three journalists were attacked when they tried to interview family members of Chakib Akrouh, the suicide bomber who blew himself during a police raid in Saint-Denis, Paris, after the November attacks. The Belgian government has vowed to crack down on extremism in Molenbeek which has been thrust into the international spotlight after the atrocities in Paris. Many Molenbeek residents, particularly young people, are suspicious and hostile towards authorities, who they believe are infringing their liberty with patrols and surveillance. Earlier this year clashes broke out between young people and soldiers who were patrolling a metro station in Molenbeek, according to Belgian media. Abdeslam has been captured alive by Belgian terror police after a dramatic raid in which two suspects were shot. The three suspects arrested at the scene are all linked to the atrocities that happened in Paris on November 13 last year. http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/653818/Molenbeek-terror-raid-Paris-attacks-Salah-Abdeslam-Belgium-riot-police -------/\/\/ Brussels Capital of Belgium (officially Brussels-Capital Region) 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels French Community of Belgium Flemish Community + large non-European population + low birth rates de facto capital of European Union hosting European Union institutions (one of three, incl. Luxembourg & Strasbourg) location of: HQ - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Benelux secretariat historically Dutch speaking shift to French late 1800s onwards 'official' majority language:  French -------/\/\/ Gatestone Institute 2012 Belgium Will Become an Islamic State "The rise of the Islam Party comes amid a burgeoning Muslim population in the Belgian capital. Muslims now make up one-quarter of the population of Brussels, according to a book recently published by the Catholic University of Leuven, the top Dutch-language university in Belgium." "In real terms, the number of Muslims in Brussels -- where half of the number of Muslims in Belgium currently live --- has reached 300,000, which means that the self-styled "Capital of Europe" is now the most Islamic city in Europe." source: Gatestone Institute 2012 http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3442/belgium-islamic-state ---------------------- ----------------------   COMMENT No surprise here. The politicians that have made decades worth of moronic decisions are responsible for this. Europe had better: 1)  Put its police and what's left of its military on steroids, asap. 2) If there's any sense of self-preservation left in Europe, all of Europe's heirs should immediately be conscripted as a civil force, armed and fully trained for urban warfare. European authorities need to recognise that they've lost control of the their nations. Where there's no-go zones and non-indigenous inhabitants of those regions violently challenge the police and even the military forces of the nations they have been permitted to occupy, it's time to wake up. European people need to be trained to defend themselves and their nations. And the morons that have spent decades facilitating the destruction of their own nations need to take immediate steps towards reversal.