That's why I changed the post, just trying to convey the idea that because other things are dangerous we shouldn't be concerned of our safety regarding terrorism. I don't care about the dangers in my own home in terms of accidents like fires or falls... Being attacked is out of my hands.
Police 'neutralized' person wearing explosive belt at Brussels Central Station
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That's why I changed the post, just trying to convey the idea that because other things are dangerous we shouldn't be concerned of our safety regarding terrorism. I don't care about the dangers in my own home in terms of accidents like fires or falls... Being attacked is out of my hands.
DiipuSurotu
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I don't think it's been confirmed that the terrorist is dead. Official word is only that he's been "neutralized".
Wrestlemania
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It really isnt.
NinjaBoiX
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Haha, useless cunt. I hope it hurts.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Wonder if Daesh will claim this one
backflip10019
Member
Eat shit, swine.
Glad the cops handled this without any injuries. Bravo.
Glad the cops handled this without any injuries. Bravo.
Blue Ninja
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I was there just last Friday, feels weird man.
Glad he was neutralized before he could hurt anyone.
Glad he was neutralized before he could hurt anyone.
Sarcastic Poster
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There's nothing you can do to solve Islamic extremism though. There's always gonna be Jihadis and anyone can literally just drive through a crowd or bring a bomb on a bus etc.
I've not seen anyone offer a viable solution yet. It's gonna get far worse before it gets better.
Confrontation
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Just read that there was also a suspicious garbage bag at the station with explosives and nails inside. Damn.
TheRedSnifit
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BrassDragon
Member
Suspect still on site but not longer a threat.
They probably shouldn't have said that though. I would hazard a guess the authorities were leaving it open in order to spook accomplices into doing something rash. Oh well. HLN.
Elijah Modnar
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I don't think military intelligence had much to do with it. Just that there's military guards everywhere and the dude fumbled his attack.
Yeah that's what I said.
TyrantGuardian
Member
True, jumped to conclusions there. Also throw me into the camp of "is this supposed to scare me?". I love walking by the street where the Stockholm terror attack happened in order to look at the memorial wall. Haven't for a second considered avoiding walking around there. If anything worries me around here its drunk white supremacists walking the streets in groups, but that's a different discussion.
Either way, very glad this attack failed completely. Fuck violence.
NorthAndSouth
Member
Good, I hope they rot in hell. Shouting about Allah when trying to kill innocent people during Ramadan, what a disgusting piece of crap.
astroturfing
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note to self: never have wires coming out of my clothing.
what a pathetic terrorist once again. amazing job killing him before he could commit mass murder. who knows how many families were spared the ultimate anguish..
His Majesty
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CaseyTappy
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Thank god his nail bomb failed !
KarneeKarnay
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This sounds like the Brussels version of the 2007 Galsgow Airport Attack
Honestly if you have a sec, go read up on it.
Honestly if you have a sec, go read up on it.
But didn't the minister of safety and internal affairs say that he was going to clean up Molenbeek?
Like always, they open their big mouths when something happens and end up doing jack shit.
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20151114_01970876
Chuckie
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I did not expect to see Kabouter Wesley in this topic.
His Majesty
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'Cleaning up' Molenbeek is a process that will take years, if not decades, to achieve. It's not something you solve by putting everyone in jail but it will take a shift in mentality and ideology of the local population which was allowed to fester over the last two decades.
I think the short-term solutions (e.g. soldiers protecting key locations) have been pretty ok.
Still not a fan of soldiers in the streets. It's more a symbolic (and cost-cutting) measure than anything else. It also gives the image of 'being at war', which is not a message we need to give those terrorist fucks. It's the police's job to protect us domestically. I really don't like the idea of soldiers on our streets. It makes me feel very uncomfortable and I feel it does more to accentuate fear then to quell it. Every time I pass one I'm immediatly reminded of the chances of a terror attack happening.
Yesterday the N-VA hordes were very quick to polically recuperate this botched attack with 'see, those soldiers are their for a reason'-messages, but a well-trained police officer could've done just the same. Fact remains those soldiers did not deter a terrorist for trying again, and it's mainly because his bomb didn't go off as planned he failed to make any victims. (And the worst political recuperation were those pointing out the opposition for blocking the constitutional change to have 72 hours of preventive detention, which has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with this incident)
Not that I don't have the utmost respect for the soldiers, who honestly are being subjected to shit working hours, overtime and bad working conditions due to this protection mission. And they did a great job yesterday. But they don't belong on the streets at all.
pinkurocket
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It's scary to think this could've been much worse if the attacker wasn't so... inefficient. Thank god though.
Lol, me neither.
Well that's a safe strategy to make sure you are reelected then.
Don't vote me out! I'm working on it, I swear. It just might take the rest of my political career!
I'm not buying it. The NVA has been all bark and no bite, except on the positions that only helped them and hurt the general public.
I was dumb enough to vote for them the last time. That's a mistake I won't make again.
xrnzaaas
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Welcome to multi-cultural Europe.
SlipperyFishes
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I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here. Europe by its very makeup is multicultural. What's wrong with that
Norwegian_Imposter
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Welcome to Bronze Age.
ReplacementPelican
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I know you're either joking (in fact, I have a good feeling you are joking) or don't realise this but I've seen a lot of comments about 'multi cultural' Europe and I just feel the need to address something.
Europe is so, so far from some sort of monolithic culture that comments like yours are beyond hilarious. The difference in culture between the British, Italians, Spanish, Germans and pretty much all of us is a pretty vast one. Europe as a concept has and always will be multi-cultural and always something we've dealt with.
Exactly.
People think that just due to the latest refugee crisis we became multi cultural.
maniac-kun
Member
Maybe the russians did kill their leader after all.
BrassDragon
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There is a push but it's not at the tactical level, rather at the propaganda/recruitment level.
It's a response to military efforts taking away their territories and chain of command.
These 'inspired by' attacks are no joke but ultimately more manageable than full-on coordinated and outfitted strikes, which they have trouble getting off the ground.
His Majesty
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Lol, me neither.
Well that's a safe strategy to make sure you are reelected then.
Don't vote me out! I'm working on it, I swear. It just might take the rest of my political career!
I'm not buying it. The NVA has been all bark and no bite, except on the positions that only helped them and hurt the general public.
I was dumb enough to vote for them the last time. That's a mistake I won't make again.
How do you deal with a town where a significant portion of the local population adheres to ideologies that do not align with the morals and values of the host country? And is that something you can solve in the span of a few months?
Knowing that this situation arose from socio-economic problems combined with an unhindered increase in fundamentalist tendencies which gradually developed during the reign of former mayor Philippe Moureaux it should be very clear that this is a problem that can only be solved with long term solutions. There is no quick fix for incompetent mismanagement like this. Despite what other, more radical parties, might tell you.
All I can hope is that things might start to change in Brussels now the Parti Socialiste has been exposed for the corrupt frauds they are.
Yeah, same case in Paris with the car bomb. Got lucky two times in a row.
fastford58
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Looks like a picture of a super bright Christmas tree.
RumblingRosco
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There's a certain irony to a (presumably/based on reports) Islamic extremist looking like a Christmas tree.
Yup, and it seems like most of these attacks are 'lone wolf'-type deals. Guys inspired by their propaganda flying solo. This might highten the possibility and occurence of such attacks, but also the failure rate.
Still shit stuff like this happens, but put into perspective, I'd rather live in the Europe of the 2010's than in the 70ies en 80ies, when nationalist, right-wing and communist terror made a lot more victims.
The picture doesn't show the terrorist. It shows his suitcase/trolly on fire. He wanted to detonate, but only got a flashflame from the ignition. The explosives themselves didn't go of. Then he ran to a soldier, shouting Allahu Akbar, and the soldier opened fire on him.