Seems like a coordinated attack similar to the Paris attacks not too far in the past,. Ironically, this comes after the apprehension of Salah Abdslam wanted to commit more terrorist attacks?
Do you think the Religion of peace strike again here?
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I think it more likely to be the death-cult known as Isis rather than any religion associated with peace, honestly (fun fact: Isis hates other muslims a ton).
Anyway, my heart goes out to those injured and killed, and I *also* hope unrelated people don't get scapegoated for it.
Death count unclear at this point. BBC have changed their heading from '13 dead' to 'many dead'. The Belgian PM is quoted as talking of 'scores' of dead, but as he also said 'scores' of injured, this might all be a mix up. It's going up though.
Some relevant analysis (from the BBC):
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The information we have so far suggests the bombings at Brussels airport happened before any security checks, in the public drop-off area. So it doesn't look like a security lapse at the scanning area.
There is a limit to what you can do at airports to stop this sort of attack. Prevention is more reliant on getting intelligence beforehand. American Airlines has told us they were not the nearest check-in desk.
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BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says it is "not a surprise" that this attack has taken place but says it is "shocking it was so successful".
He said since the Since Charlie Hebo attacks in Paris in January last year, which killed 12 people, there had been a number of terror cells "on the loose" that had been inspired by so-called Islamic State and had access to weapons and explosives.
He said Belgian intelligence services had been playing "catch-up" since then and did not have a "very good system" of sharing information across the various authorities.
He said attacks in Britain had been prevented by Muslim communities reporting suspicious behaviour to police but this was not yet happening in Belgium.
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That last one is interesting- I had thought before that in the UK we hadn't got very far with getting insider relations with the Muslim community- programmes like PREVENT, which is the anti-terror outreach programme, had received a lot of criticism.
But now I am hearing that it;s paying off and Muslims are speaking out against their extremists. That's good to hear and that's very relevant in these times of high racial tensions- demonising the entire Muslim community causes them to shut up, not help out.
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I know this is obvious, but someone has to make the relevant analysis. Also from BBC.
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The Brussels attacks bear the hallmark of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, according to Belgian jihadist analyst Pieter Van Ostaeyen.
He told Belgium's Het Nieuwsblad newspaper he was surprised by the nature of the operation: "I had expected that something would happen but not on this scale. This is really highly coordinated," he said.
Mr Van Ostaeyen said the attacks were most likely a response to the counter-terror operation in Brussels last week and that they were probably "pulled together at very short notice".
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Well, the short notice thing doesn't seem obvious. And is worrying. On the other hand perhaps it makes sense that particular short planning stages have a chance to be successful as they may be less likely to be caught.
The Religion of Peace was aiding and abetting these criminals in the ghetto's of Brussels, area's where cops are not allowed to go.
Just another example of how Islam is allowed to spread and continue to conduct terror and indirect terror on our world today. The people that still support Islam will die just the same as the people who do not.
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No, no it was probably Muslims. Spoiler warning, ISIS is Islamic. Stop ****ing apologizing for these people. Stop trying to defend them. From one liberal to another, own up to the goddamn ****ing fact that some of these Muslims, happen to be violent murderers who need to eat a bullet.
On the radio some people were saying this was revenge for the recent capture of that one terrorist.
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