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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:16 am
 


Title: Brussels on high alert
Category: World
Posted By: martin14
Date: 2015-11-21 04:13:40


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 5:16 am
 


Metro is shut down til Sunday.

2 shopping centers evacuated, most now closed.

Car parks closed.
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Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced a series of operational measures to be implemented in Brussels following the decision to raise the alert level, Le Soir reports.

The measures include cutting the number of big events, tighter security on the public transport system, especially on the metro, boosting the number of police and soldiers, especially in Brussels, and the setting up of a hotline (1771) for members of the public to call in emergency.


It's such shame this guy isn't named Martel instead of Martin.

They could use one right now.


Just how much money businesses will lose, and the extra money spent for all the extra police and military deployments.
Double whammy.


Freedom in Europe.. forget it, it's a police state now.




If you ever wondered why we left Brussels, well now you know.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:59 pm
 


And all that would be part of the counter-argument against the one I saw on the Canadian refugee thread that went, "Who cares? How many can sneak in with 25000 refugees before Christmas? What harm could they do?"


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:02 pm
 


http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brussels-h ... -1.3329355

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Until 2006, Belgium had a permissive gun law by European standards, and many weapons used in the 1990s Balkan wars easily found their way into the Belgian criminal underworld. At the same time, the Justice Ministry was hurt by austerity measures, rendering it powerless to dig into the root causes of the problem.

"It is relatively easy to get your hands on heavy arms in Brussels," said Brice De Ruyver, a professor of criminology at Ghent University, who was security adviser to the prime minister from 2000 to 2008. "That applies to terror and serious crime. That is because the illegal arms trade has been neglected far too long. And once you have a reputation, it is tough to get rid of it."

Gunmen behind last January's attacks on a Paris supermarket and the office of the Charlie Hebdo magazine were believed to have purchased weapons from Belgian arms dealers.


Wail hail, them's just some good ole boys protecting cherished rightwing freedoms for guns and small guvment. Good on Belgium, that obviously can't be the problem.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:50 am
 


Brussels metro to stay closed

The metro system for the Belgian capital will remain shut on Monday - Belgian PM.
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Brussels schools closed

Schools in Brussels will be closed on Monday - Belgian PM.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 11:01 am
 


A side story if you want to read it.

http://www.politico.eu/article/molenbee ... ification/

Molenbeek broke my heart

A former resident reflects on his struggles with Brussels’ most notorious neighborhood


A lefty liberal gets taught a lesson in multiculti. :lol:


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:11 pm
 


Tonight's main developments
Posted at 00:27

Belgian police carred out 22 anti-terror raids - 19 raids in the Brussels area and three more in Charleroi

16 people were arrested - none were named by police

Salah Abdeslam, suspected Paris assailant, remains at large - unconfirmed Belgian media reports said he was spotted by police in Liege but managed to escape in a BMW

No weapons or explosives were found during the raids

Police fired two shots at a car that approached a roadblock during an operation in the Molenbeek district of Brussels - the wounded driver was later arrested

Brussels remains on the highest state of alert

A judge will decide tomorrow whether those arrested will be kept in custody.


Oh, and:

Breaking News ‏@NewsOnTheMin

BREAKING: Canada closes embassy in Brussels until further notice, will only provide emergency consular services.


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