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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: demshateGod

Yep, also by pre-announcing the lockdown the bad guys can just wait it out.


81 posted on 11/21/2015 8:10:14 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: Boardwalk

When we watch these events it’s good to keep in mind what the Globalist Agenda is .....when you know those details it’s pretty obvious the game plan that’s being played out.

Most everything happening has at the center the globalist agenda.....Mass re-distribution of third world populations....resource confiscation.....control of human capital (Leftist word is “fair playing field” for jobs, which Obama uses all the time).....and if you note the leaders ‘all’ agree to “control” the borders but never close them....their motive is controlling human capital, which is NOT what the public is clamouring about...but they never reveal they are on a different page.


82 posted on 11/21/2015 8:24:03 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

The Associated Press 39 minutes ago

Lawyer says Paris attack suspect may have worn bomb belt when he returned to Belgium: http://apne.ws/1XgP8IQ


83 posted on 11/21/2015 8:25:54 AM PST by McGruff (You are either with us or you are with the terrorists.)
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To: EBH

I have to laugh at these fools. A little late to be closing the barn door.

84 posted on 11/21/2015 8:32:09 AM PST by McGruff (You are either with us or you are with the terrorists.)
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To: Gritty

As long as a Muslim attends a Mosque and listens to teachings of the Koran he is not a so called moderate. Heos an Islamic Muslim period....and all that goes into their cult teachings.... Until they renounce Islam and the Koran they are in one form another supporting the Jihadists and Islamic teachings, which they cannot pick and choose from.

If they don’t attend Mosque then they are considered “Apostate” by Islamic Law.....and most scholars say this carries the death penalty, though some Muslims here are fighting against this Law saying it’s too severe.

Belgian citizens have long time welcomed Muslims into their country...like with Norway and Sweden they are reaping from this decision to bring in known cultists who need very little to trip their inner cords of violence, injustice and victim mentality. “natural” to their culture and upbringing in ME countries.


85 posted on 11/21/2015 8:34:01 AM PST by caww
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To: Gritty

As long as a Muslim attends a Mosque and listens to teachings of the Koran he is not a so called moderate. Heos an Islamic Muslim period....and all that goes into their cult teachings.... Until they renounce Islam and the Koran they are in one form another supporting the Jihadists and Islamic teachings, which they cannot pick and choose from.

If they don’t attend Mosque then they are considered “Apostate” by Islamic Law.....and most scholars say this carries the death penalty, though some Muslims here are fighting against this Law saying it’s too severe.

Belgian citizens have long time welcomed Muslims into their country...like with Norway and Sweden they are reaping from this decision to bring in known cultists who need very little to trip their inner cords of violence, injustice and victim mentality. “natural” to their culture and upbringing in ME countries.


86 posted on 11/21/2015 8:34:01 AM PST by caww
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To: EBH

Suspect on the loose has ‘been in contact with friends’

Salah Abdeslam has reportedly been in touch with friends on Skype, telling them he is hiding in the Brussels area and asking them for help in getting back to Syria.

The friends, who have spoken anonymously to ABC News, said that Abdeslam had called them on Tuesday evening and told them he was caught between the extensive police search and local Islamic State members who were “watching him”, apparently unhappy that he had failed to detonate his suicide vest after the attacks in Paris.

According to ABC’s report:

Abdeslam insisted he played only a minor role in the attacks, but his friends said they doubted his claim of innocence. His brother told ABC News that Abdeslam was “manipulated” by the attack mastermind, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, killed in a police raid Thursday in France. Abaaoud and Abdeslam were childhood friends and were arrested when caught in a robbery in 2010, according to an Abaaoud family attorney.

The claims appear to chime with a statement made earlier today by a lawyer for Hamza Attou, one of two suspects charged this week by Belgian authorities for allegedly helping Abdeslam return to the country after the attacks.


87 posted on 11/21/2015 8:53:40 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: McGruff
How many European nations NOW have Military patrolling their streets........that speaks volumes all by itself....yet leaders think this influx of refugees must be just the same.....evidencing what I've been saying....leadership "believe" they can "control" this entire ordeal....just a matter of time. And BTW the show of force isn't to oppose this invasion....it's to calm the sheep only....oh they'll go after a few bad wolves...but when you think about it this took just 'eight' Jihadists to upset the Entire Western populations........

9/11 didn't change Muslims coming to this country.....and the Paris attacks won't Europe either......the mass re-distribution of third world populations is going to continue as planned.....the fallout will be "managed".

88 posted on 11/21/2015 9:00:58 AM PST by caww
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To: EBH

Ohhhhh...THAT’S rich. He’s caught between a rock..

Police after him and PO’d ISIS that he didn’t blow himself up.

Decisions. ..decisions. .


89 posted on 11/21/2015 9:05:49 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: EBH

These Jihadists are very well funded with appropriate Attorneys....part of Jihad is to “provide” legal representation. The familys will say whatever is necessary to protect other family members.....and or protect themselves from being implicated.


90 posted on 11/21/2015 9:06:26 AM PST by caww
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To: Covenantor; maggief; caww; Dog; All

27m ago11:49
Special forces have arrested four people who were in a suspicious vehicle at the Place du Grand Sablon in Brussels, according to a report from RTL. Military and local police did not give further details.

Per Guardian


91 posted on 11/21/2015 9:16:43 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: maggief

Looking at the military in the streets and citizens in lockdown due to the Muslim invasion that the gov’t allowed is having Obama foaming at the mouth. He wants that so bad.


92 posted on 11/21/2015 9:17:12 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604; maggief; caww

Looking at the military in the streets and citizens in lockdown due to the Muslim invasion that the gov’t allowed is having Obama foaming at the mouth. He wants that so bad.


THAT ^^.


93 posted on 11/21/2015 9:18:34 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Is that why Obama wants to open mars?


94 posted on 11/21/2015 9:21:51 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Jane Long

It’s not just Obama Jane....it’s leadership Internationally as well....


95 posted on 11/21/2015 9:23:47 AM PST by caww
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To: Jane Long

It’s not just Obama Jane....it’s leadership Internationally as well....


96 posted on 11/21/2015 9:23:48 AM PST by caww
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Are you a former Canadian or just not proud anymore?


97 posted on 11/21/2015 9:25:44 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: EBH
local Islamic State members who were 'watching him', apparently unhappy that he had failed to detonate his suicide vest after the attacks in Paris.

You know you've pick the wrong side with which to ally when they're unhappy that you didn't blow yourself up. And yet, he still seeks their help. You can't fix stupid.


98 posted on 11/21/2015 9:26:49 AM PST by FourPeas ("Conservatism's worked every time it's been tried." -Rush)
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To: SE Mom

Wonder if Brussels changed some of their laws, or had them in place...for the police or special forces to go where they want without court orders.....France did so and they are flushing the toilet!


99 posted on 11/21/2015 9:27:27 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

Oh, no doubt. Have you seen that recent pic of Merkel? The witch looks like she hasn’t slept in weeks. Maybe her night terrors are getting to her.

0 is doing his part, at his best....trashing US and visiting *refugee* centers, abroad....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3363336/posts

I’m just agreeing that he wants what is happening in Europe to hurry up and happen here. His clock is ticking...not much time left on his watch for the final stage of The Plan.

He never envisioned the political landscape, at home, to be what it is, today. (He thought Jeb would quietly be supporting him, as the GOP frontrunner.)
Not that that will stop him.


100 posted on 11/21/2015 9:31:05 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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