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Greece Arrests over Belgian 'Jihadist Terror Plot'
The BBC ^
 | Saturday, January 17, 2015
Posted on 01/17/2015 12:55:59 PM PST by kristinn
Greek police have arrested several people over alleged links to a suspected terror plot in Belgium. 
One of the men is alleged to have been in contact with the cell in Verviers, Belgium, where a shootout with police left two suspects dead on Thursday. 
Europe is on high alert after Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in Paris. More than 20 people have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany. 
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Earlier on Saturday, Belgian media said authorities were seeking Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 27-year-old Brussels resident of Moroccan origin suspected of being the ringleader of the jihadi cell, and in hiding in Greece. 
One of those arrested in the raids in Athens included one who "matches the description" of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Associated Press quoted a Greek police source as saying, but there has been no confirmation of the detainees' identities. 
Greek authorities are reported to have sent DNA samples to their Belgian colleagues for further investigation. 
The Greek police said the names of several people had been passed to them in connection with the plot to check if they were in Greece, Reuters reported.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdelhamidabaaoud; belgium; charliehebdo; deathtoislam; france; germany; greece; interpol; morocco; paris; terrorplot; verviers; waronterror
    
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posted on 
01/17/2015 12:56:00 PM PST
by 
kristinn
 
To: kristinn
    Maybe Europe is waking up. Hope it’s not too late.
 
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posted on 
01/17/2015 12:59:26 PM PST
by 
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite.  The GOP hates me.  Why should I vote for them?)
 
To: COBOL2Java; All
    
what good are these arrests (temporary @ best), if there are Islamic No-go zones in Europe?
These areas are breeding/training grounds for these terrorist groups, eliminate them.
..show them no quarter, they won't for you/yours. 😠
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posted on 
01/17/2015 1:33:52 PM PST
by 
skinkinthegrass
("Bathhouse" E'Bola/0'Boehmer/0'McConnell; all STINK and their best friends are flies.         d8^)
 
To: skinkinthegrass
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posted on 
01/17/2015 1:34:52 PM PST
by 
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
 
      
 
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posted on 
01/17/2015 2:56:24 PM PST
by 
RedMDer
(I don't listen to Liars but when I do I know it's Barack Obama.)
 
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posted on 
01/17/2015 4:25:39 PM PST
by 
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
 
To: COBOL2Java
    Maybe Europe is waking upEurope seems to be awake. It can't get rid of the EU and the globalist agenda.
 
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posted on 
01/17/2015 4:38:20 PM PST
by 
grania
 
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