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Foreign fighters are evading Europe's security net
Associated Press ^ | Apr. 2, 2016 9:05 AM EDT | Lorne Cook and Dominique Soguel

Posted on 04/02/2016 3:52:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai

When Ibrahim El Bakraoui blew himself up in the Brussels Airport check-in area, killing and maiming scores of travelers, it was at least the third time he had passed unimpeded through an airport terminal in recent months.

Suspected by Turkey of being a “foreign terrorist fighter” and known at home in Belgium as an ex-con wanted for parole violations, Bakraoui was still allowed to board a commercial airliner unaccompanied last summer, flying freely from Istanbul to the Netherlands and disappearing without a trace.

The ease with which he did so raises questions about how much governments know about the movements of returnees among the 5,000 home-grown jihadis who have trained and fought in places like Syria or Iraq. Many now pose a “serious threat,” according to the police agency Europol. Some, like Bakraoui, have already used their deadly skills in cities like Brussels or Paris. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Syria; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: belgium; brussels; dhimmitude; france; hijrah; iraq; isis; paris; rapefugees; rop; turkey; worldwar3

1 posted on 04/02/2016 3:52:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Sucks to be Europe, OUR security net doesn't allow anyone into the country the obama administration doesn't want here!
2 posted on 04/02/2016 4:08:32 PM PDT by null and void ("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe when planes originating from Brussels start crashing into castles, the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks, people will rise up and take their countries back from the treasonous bastard who have sold thir souls to muslims.


3 posted on 04/02/2016 4:28:31 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Olog-hai

Um, what “security net”?

If a guy with an explosives belt walked into downtown Bonn, the police would not be allowed to stop him.


4 posted on 04/02/2016 4:31:41 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Olog-hai

Europe has a security net??


5 posted on 04/02/2016 5:56:16 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Yeah, kinda like a basketball net.


6 posted on 04/02/2016 5:57:26 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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7 posted on 04/02/2016 6:49:48 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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