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Brussels metro shut as Belgian capital put on maximum alert
Reuters ^ | 11/21/2015 | Philip Blenkinsop

Posted on 11/21/2015 4:36:32 AM PST by EBH

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel declined to give the reason why the authorities raised the alert level but told a news conference the government would review the security situation on Sunday afternoon.

The metro system would remain closed until then, in line with the recommendation of the crisis center, he said.

The crisis center website said it was calling on local authorities to cancel large events, urge people to avoid crowds, postpone soccer matches, close the Brussels metro for the weekend and stepping up the military and police presence.

Suspected militant Salah Abdeslam, 26, returned home to Brussels from Paris after the attacks, when his elder brother Brahim blew himself up at a cafe.

Fears of the risk he still poses prompted the cancellation last week of an international friendly soccer match in Brussels against Spain. The crisis center said weekend games in the top two professional divisions should now be postponed.

The alert level for the whole country was raised following the Paris attacks to level three out of four, implying a "possible or probable" threat. Previously, only certain sites, such as the U.S. embassy, were at level three.

Belgium, and its capital in particular, have been at the center of investigations into the Paris attacks - which included suicide bombers targeting a France-Germany soccer match - after the links to Brussels emerged. Three people detained in Brussels are facing terrorism charges.

French authorities have said the attacks were planned in Brussels by a local man, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 28, who fought for Islamic State in Syria and was killed in the siege of an apartment in the Paris suburb of St. Denis on Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: belgium; brussels; eu; eurabia; isis; terrorism
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To: Rusty0604

Didn’t he years ago, task NASA with a Muslim outreach?


101 posted on 11/21/2015 9:57:14 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Rusty0604

Check out my ‘about’ page on FR. Note: It has not been updated since Turd-owe was elected.


102 posted on 11/21/2015 10:00:10 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Yes he did, now he wants to go to mars. Where’s my tin foil?


103 posted on 11/21/2015 10:01:12 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: DJ MacWoW

Ha ha—great (and sad) graphic!


104 posted on 11/21/2015 10:08:42 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: EBH

Molenbeek = Muzzie No-Go Zone...


105 posted on 11/21/2015 10:20:54 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Covenantor

“from your post:
Government ministers are now talking about sending police to search every house in Molenbeek in the near future. It’s a strange feeling....

Sounds as if they have very specific info on something more serious than Aks and grenades....”

Per Twitter, the Paris Attack suspect they are looking for Skype’d someone from a cell phone in Molenbeek this morning.


106 posted on 11/21/2015 10:22:45 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Rusty0604

I guess I should have included the ‘</sarc>’ comment at the end of post #63.


107 posted on 11/21/2015 10:32:51 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: tcrlaf; maggief; All
here's a map showing the express rout from Molenbeek to Paris.


108 posted on 11/21/2015 10:55:51 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who passing refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: tcrlaf

I would love to know what tip off lead to this kind of response,..just look at the respose this is as serious as you can get.


109 posted on 11/21/2015 10:56:48 AM PST by Dog (..."I'm just a cook..)
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To: EBH
our own governments response to the Boston bombing...we didn’t go far enough to find all parts of the cell of the brothers.

The FBI were questioning the younger Tsarnaev brother in his hospital bed; he hadn't been charged, so it was legitimate. A Federal judge, with "entourage", hastened there and charged him, so that the FBI could no longer question him without his lawyer present. His lawyer naturally told him to clam up.

Of course, they held that ridiculous memorial service just a couple of days after the bombing. Tuesday, the FBI was gathering surveillance video from the stores near the finish line. They scheduled a press conference for Wednesday at 1:00 p.m., then pushed it back to 5:30 p.m., then cancelled until further notice. Obama flew in for the memorial service, which naturally tied up traffic everywhere in the area. Once Obama's plane left, the FBI agent in charge finally had the press conference and showed the pictures they had gathered; the guys were identified. If their car hadn't broken down (they car-jacked a vehicle, the owner of which managed to sneak off while they were getting gas and notified police), they most likely would have made it to NYC, where they were reportedly headed to try the same thing in Times Square.

As with everything Obama, just makes you wonder which side our(?) gov't is on!

110 posted on 11/21/2015 11:54:31 AM PST by maryz
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To: Dog
The West's current strategy can not win. We are taking a defensive position against Islam. They pick the time and place of the next assault and it is impossible for us to defend every house, school, theater, train, plane or bus.
To prevail, our effort must be offensive not defensive.

The repercussions of any terrorist act must so unthinkable that they will not act. I'm talking nuking Mecca, Medina or the House of Saud.

111 posted on 11/21/2015 6:22:23 PM PST by super7man (Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
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