Anti-terrorism crackdowns may have spurred attackers, Belgian prosecutor says

The Washington Compost ^ | March 23, 2016 | Michael Birnbaum and Souad Mekhennet

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BRUSSELS — The four men — two of them brothers — who turned ordinary morning commutes in Brussels into blood-soaked nightmares may have been spurred into action by fears that authorities were closing in on them, according to a note left by one of the attackers that was described by a prosecutor Wednesday.

Days before the attacks on Tuesday, counter­terrorism police had raided their Brussels safe houses. An ally who took part in November’s Paris carnage was shot and captured by authorities. And Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, a 29-year-old Belgian with a thick rap sheet, wrote that he did not want to wind up in a prison cell, Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said Wednesday.

The men — at least two of whom had direct ties to the Islamic State’s attacks in Paris — knew they had to act decisively. So they set out with explosives that ripped open a Brussels subway car and shattered the city’s main airport terminal, killing at least 31 people and injuring 300 in the bloodiest attack on Belgian soil since World War II.

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You can't make this stuff up.

[rineaux]

What you do or do not do, the attacks are going to continue.

Quit making up excuses.

[This_far]

You must be too young to have read Dick Tracy?

Don’t you know that calling criminals names lead them further and deeper into crime? /s (but not too much)

[McGruff]

First it was an inner city, next will be the whole country, next all of Europe.

[soycd]

Eliminate those that follow islam and the problem is close to being solved.

[VTenigma]

As I have been saying, progressives live in up-side down world.

[Sasparilla]

..First it was an inner city, next will be the whole country, next all of Europe....

Ani it was done by invitation. Charlie Daniels just did an NRA ad regarding the Muslim terrorist situation. It’s worth seeing.

[TWhiteBear]

The pathetic prosecutor, Frederic Van Leeuw, does not seem intellectually equipped to oppose Islam.
Once the Belgians had an abundant supply of ‘the grey matter’.
Now they are just fat headed loser victims.
They actually were vain enough to think that their weak actions were preventing Moslem attacks.
And, if Van Leeuw and his logic prevails, they will not have learned and there will be more attacks.
They should have listened to Mr. Trump and kept their own people alive.
TWB

[marktwain]

This is bizzare.

Do not oppose your attackers. They might hurt you worse.

If you just give them your country, your women, your lives and your treasure, they might not hurt you as much.

What idiocy!

[CincyRichieRich]

Toss the prosecutor into the compost bin and cut off his man bun. I’d suspect this pansy has one.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Liberals just don’t get it, do they.. MOHAMMED TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS TO SLAUGHTER ALL NON-BELIEVERS. How much more CLEAR does their motive need to be? What caused the FIRST attack at that concert in Paris, Mr. Prosecutor?

[CivilWarBrewing]

Like Netanyahu said, you can GIVE BRUSSELS TO THE TERRORISTS and there will STILL be terrorist attacks.. ACTUALLY, MORE.

[Seruzawa]

It’s one thing to be a delusional fool. It’s another thing entirely when the fool’s job is vital to protect people’s lives. There need to be criminal penalties for such malfeasance.

[Iron Munro]

[SWAMPSNIPER]

More groveling and whining, that should do it.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

"So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot."

George Orwell

[papertyger]

I guess they wouldn’t have ever attacked if the Crusaders hadn’t been closing in....

[VTenigma]

Excellent!