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European intelligence agencies are deploying resources to track QAnon as the conspiracy theory spreads beyond the US, sources say
www.businessinsider.com ^ | Oct 13, 2020, 11:32 AM | Mitch Prothero

Posted on 10/14/2020 12:39:01 PM PDT by Red Badger

QAnon supporters marching in Bucharest, Romania, on August 10, 2020.

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QAnon is a US-centric conspiracy theory movement, but is attracting supporters beyond its shores. Security officials in Belgium and France say that their agencies are reconsidering earlier decisions to ignore the movement, conceding that it could bring about violence in their countries. A Belgian official argued that QAnon offers similar comfort to its followers to Islamic extremism, and may attract similar personalities. An official in France said that he and his colleagues are not focusing strongly on QAnon now, but that he would not be surprised if that were to change. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Europe's domestic intelligence and law enforcement services have apprehensively watched the QAnon conspiracy theory migrate from the US, and now consider it a significant security concern.

The assessment was given by two security officials contacted by Insider, both of whom spoke on condition of anonymity given the nature of their work.

QAnon advocates claim that the US controlled by a cabal of politicians, celebrities and media figures who engage in child abuse and pedophilia.

Its supporters believe that President Donald Trump will eventually move against these people, and seek clues from an unknown government insider known as Q.There is no evidence to support the theory, none of its foretold reckonings have taken place.

Nonetheless, its popularity has grown in recent years, despite efforts from social media companies to evict QAnon from their platforms. It has also garnered followers in Europe.

A Belgian counter-terrorism official told Insider that many European services like his own are now rethinking an earlier decision to ignore QAnon as a solely American phenomenon.

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To: RatRipper

Absolutely!...................


21 posted on 10/14/2020 12:53:57 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Red Badger
I’ve mostly looked on at this QAnon stuff with a little amusement, but the Left and media are trying to convince me I need to take it seriously. All this for a LARP?


22 posted on 10/14/2020 12:54:01 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Red Badger

Nobody ever imprisoned a person for believing in Santa Claus, Easter Bunny...

If it’s fake, what’s to be afraid of?

I’ve followed Q for a while, still not sure what to believe. But I’d hardly call it a cult that makes violence the answer.

The disturbing part is that the govts and media are rapidly shutting down any and all conservative voices across the Globe. Q is in the way of global leftism.


23 posted on 10/14/2020 12:54:22 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Darksheare

As Q says:

These people are stupid.....................


24 posted on 10/14/2020 12:54:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Red Badger

Seems like that old Mel Gibson movie ‘Conspiracy Theory’ where he published a bunch of crackpot theories but one of them, it turns out was true and it upset the elites in power who came after him with brutal force.


25 posted on 10/14/2020 12:55:18 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: FreedomPoster

The Left ALWAYS TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AFRAID OF.......................


26 posted on 10/14/2020 12:55:42 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Yep!. I like that movie.

Except for Julia Roberts...................


27 posted on 10/14/2020 12:56:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Red Badger

Last I looked Q is just anyone’s guess at what could happen (batting 0 on all those indictments LOL:-) and 2 days old news as far as I am concerned:-)


28 posted on 10/14/2020 12:56:42 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: bitt

They assure us, that they PROMISE to give us only facts...facts that support progressive leftism. It’s for the children...


29 posted on 10/14/2020 12:59:15 PM PDT by Professional
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To: VanShuyten

I AM Q ANON!.................


30 posted on 10/14/2020 12:59:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: z3n
Tory MP warned of powerful paedophile ring 30 years ago
New evidence supports claim former backbencher’s life was threatened

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tory-mp-warned-powerful-paedophile-ring-30-years-ago-8507780.html

Pedophiles are very organized and secretive and it would not surprise me that they hold powerful positions in government. Pedophiles operate like a mafia and actively promote one another to positions of power and influence.

31 posted on 10/14/2020 1:01:00 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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To: Red Badger

antifa says all conservatives are facists that must be killed but “it’s just an idea” that has been setting police stations on fire.

Q Anon is the dangerous one though


32 posted on 10/14/2020 1:02:28 PM PDT by Pollard (You can’t be for “defunding the police” and against “vigilantism” at the same time.)
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To: Pollard

........ and BLM is a “theological statement”.....................


33 posted on 10/14/2020 1:04:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Pollard

Well said.


34 posted on 10/14/2020 1:05:46 PM PDT by Professional
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To: TheDog

What about Bigfoot? UFOs? Loch Ness monster? Don’t we deserve to be protected from those conspiracies too?

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LOL! Those aren’t political conspiracies so no one cares who chooses to believe them.

Whether or not it’s completely whack, you raise a great point. The powerful and influence mongers can’t leave this one alone, just like all these so called “news networks” can’t get off of politics for 2 seconds. You can troll out the sociopathic control freaks every time with stuff like this.


35 posted on 10/14/2020 1:06:33 PM PDT by z3n
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To: Red Badger

The Anti-Antifa.


36 posted on 10/14/2020 1:07:01 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
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To: Professional

1/3 of all information we get is a lie, 1/3 is true, 1/3 is wrong.

But what about the information kept from us?

2/3 of it is true...


37 posted on 10/14/2020 1:08:05 PM PDT by Professional
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To: EQAndyBuzz

They are afraid.
VERY AFRAID.........................


38 posted on 10/14/2020 1:08:21 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Red Badger

The whole Q thing has always been about getting the average Joe to dig for the truth. I see no reason why this would not go world wide.

Many seem to think Q is some all seeing, all knowing, predict the future, entity. It is not.

Q seems to merely be a catalyst to expand the pool of individuals who dig for the truth on their own...… which seems to me is what the swamp the world over is so scared of.


39 posted on 10/14/2020 1:16:13 PM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing America's youth on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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To: Red Badger

That “Q” is Trump’s mole or some such is obvious bunk (at least to me), but the notion of pedophiles in high places is not.


40 posted on 10/14/2020 1:16:21 PM PDT by Salman (If they win by terrorism, they will rule by terrorism. Nobody ever got mellower by getting power.)
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