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Brussels bombers had planned to attack France again: prosecutors
 [REUTERS] The hard boy cell behind bombings in Brussels had been plotting to hit La Belle France again after carrying out the Gay Paree attacks in November, but was forced to strike closer to home as police closed in, Belgian prosecutors said on Sunday.Investigations into the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... attacks in Gay Paree, which killed 130 people, showed that many of the perpetrators lived in Belgium, including surviving suspects who managed to evade police for more than four months. Prime suspect Salah Abdeslam was placed in durance vile Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! on March 18 in the Belgian capital. Four days later, jacket wallahs killed 32 people in Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train. "Numerous elements in the investigation have shown that the terrorist group initially had the intention to strike in La Belle France again," Belgium's federal prosecutor said in a statement. "Surprised by the speed of progress in the investigation, they took the decision to strike in Brussels." Belgian intelligence and security forces had been criticised abroad for not doing more to dismantle the hard boy cell, because of its links to the Gay Paree attacks. As of Friday, all publicly identified suspects were either in detention or dead, but Belgium remains on its second highest threat level, and Prime Minister Charles Michel said his government would remain alert. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-11 |
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