Brussels Zaventem airport explosions: 'At least 11 dead'

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34 killed, 170 wounded across Brussels


Twenty people were killed near to EU buildings over an hour after 14 were killed at check-in at Brussels Zaventem Airport


Two blasts detonated near the American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels Airport at 8am (7am GMT) in a suspected suicide bombing


Passengers shield themselves under bags as smoke and debris fill the terminal in the moments after the twin blast at Brussels Airport


Terrified passengers run for their lives in a cloud of smoke moments after the explosions ripped through the terminal


A man runs for cover: Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes with blood and 'dismembered bodies everywhere' after the two blasts


A terrified passenger cowers under a check-in desk moments after two explosions rocked Brussels Airport in a suicide bomb attack today


A person is carried to safety as troops helped the injured and secured the area after the explosions in the terminal building


A police officer directs passengers in a smoke filled terminal at Brussels Airport after two explosions ripped through the terminal


Fires burn among bags and debris as passengers flee the terminal in the immediate aftermath of two explosions at the check-in desks


FIRST ATTACK: At least 14 people have died and dozens injured after two explosions rocked Brussels Airport in a terror attack today


Obliterated: Ceiling tiles and debris are littered across the floor of the terminal building after twins blast rocked the check-in area


Shocking: Injured passengers are covered in blood and dust after the explosions rocked the terminal building at Brussels Airport








Bravery: People are treated, comforted and given water by the emergency services as they help the wounded


Second attack: A person lies injured on the floor after an explosion was heard at the Metro station in the centre of Brussels


Rescue effort: A Maelbeek victim is carried on to a stretcher as Brussels is hit by a string of bombings


An armed policewoman on patrol in Frankfurt Airport in Germany as security measures were ramped up at transport hubs around the world


Dutch military police were carrying out additional high-visibility patrols at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam


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Read more: Brussels Airport explosions leave many dead and second ‘attack’ hits Metro station | Daily Mail Online
 
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Blackleaf

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ISIS has claimed responsibility. I am shocked.

You can't call them ISIS. That's racist and Islamophobic. BBC News and Sky News have got it right - they call them "So-called Islamic State", because they know that they have nothing to do with Islam. Remember - So-called Islamic State is the name that we should be calling them.
 

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Oh this has the Jooze and CIA fingerprints all over it!



And who is ISIS... Jooze and CIA!
Way to go trolls, you have solved the case already. You undying support for them says a lot about your inner-self, about as black as it gets. With you guys solving this one that pretty much clears up Turkey and the rash on explosions that have been rocking their cities.

Turkey’s Erdogan Mentions Possible Brussels Bombing Just Days Before Attack

Less than a week before the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of possible bombings in European cities, including Brussels.

"There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara could not explode in Brussels, or in any other European city," Erdogan declared during a ceremony commemorating the 101st anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli in the coastal town of Canakkale on March 18.
It should be noted that Erdogan’s statement followed the deadly terrorist act of March 13, when a car bomb exploded at a bus stop near Ankara’s central Kizilay Square, leaving 37 dead and over 120 injured. The Turkish head of state blamed Kurdish radicals for the attack and berated European leaders for their refusal to recognize certain Kurdish organizations as terrorist groups.


Brussels Airport Attackers Likely Hid a Bomb in Luggage
 

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Way to go trolls, you have solved the case already. You undying support for them says a lot about your inner-self, about as black as it gets. With you guys solving this one that pretty much clears up Turkey and the rash on explosions that have been rocking their cities.

Turkey’s Erdogan Mentions Possible Brussels Bombing Just Days Before Attack

Less than a week before the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of possible bombings in European cities, including Brussels.

"There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara could not explode in Brussels, or in any other European city," Erdogan declared during a ceremony commemorating the 101st anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli in the coastal town of Canakkale on March 18.
It should be noted that Erdogan’s statement followed the deadly terrorist act of March 13, when a car bomb exploded at a bus stop near Ankara’s central Kizilay Square, leaving 37 dead and over 120 injured. The Turkish head of state blamed Kurdish radicals for the attack and berated European leaders for their refusal to recognize certain Kurdish organizations as terrorist groups.


Brussels Airport Attackers Likely Hid a Bomb in Luggage
Them stinkin trolls just cain't see the light Reverend Flanagan. One day they'll come to see your brilliance and then they'll know by gawd. :)
 

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So... which one will be the first to say...

"I'm more afraid of Christians than Muslims!"
 

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Them stinkin trolls
You do have a certain stench about you. How many posts does that make for you that has been off topic for the thread. If I am so important to you and the other trolls perhaps you should start your own thread.
BBC - Future - What is the best way to stop internet trolls?
The researchers stress that their algorithm is not intended to be a computerised replacement for human moderators, which might automatically ban users based on the frequency of their first few posts. Instead, the team hopes that flagging certain individuals early on would assist human moderators in warning anti-social users to cut out bad behaviour before they assume that they can get away with it. As Danescu-Niculescu-Mizi says, “You need humans in the loop.”
Interestingly, there have also been initiatives to turn trolling against the trolls. One example was the Zero Trollerance campaign by activist group The Peng Collective. Here, Twitter bots were used to automatically target people whose tweets appeared to be abusive. These users were given a somewhat tongue-in-cheek offer to take part in a “self-help programme” to end their trolling.

Belgian Prosecutor’s Office Asks Media Not to Report on Blasts Probe

Pretty strange request.
 

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Brussels Attacks: Will European Leaders Again Profit From Terror They Helped Unleash?
A strange aspect of these conflicts is that Western leaders have never had to pay any political price for their role in initiating them or pursuing policies that effectively stoke the violence.
Isis a growing power in Libya, something that would not have happened had David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy not helped destroy the Libyan state by overthrowing Gaddafi in 2011.
Al-Qaeda is expanding in Yemen, where Western leaders have given a free pass to Saudi Arabia to launch a bombing campaign that has wrecked the country.
After the Paris massacre last year there was a gush of emotional support for France and little criticism of French policies in Syria and Libya, although they have been to the advantage of and other salafi-jihadi movements since 2011.


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By taking up the cause of the Syrian and Libyan opposition and destroying the Syrian and Libyan states, France and Britain opened the door to and should share in the blame for the rise of and terrorism in Europe.
By refusing to admit to or learn from past mistakes, the West Europeans did little to lay the basis for the current, surprisingly successful “cessation of hostilities” in Syria which is almost entirely an US and Russian achievement.
Britain and France have stuck close to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies in their policies towards Syria. I asked a former negotiator why this was so and he crisply replied: “Money. They wanted Saudi contracts.”
After the capture of Salah Abdeslam there is talk of security lapses that had allowed him to evade arrest for so long, but this is largely irrelevant as terrorist attacks will go on as long as Isis remains a power.
Once again, the wall-to-wall media coverage is allowing Western governments to escape responsibility for a far worse security failure, which is their own disastrous policies.

 

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This is no time to under react! Fire up the concentration camps!