From the Dept. of Looks Like Rain, Should I Bring My Umbrella?:
There is reportedly an organised group of dozens of Muslim extremists currently active in the Pakistani community in Antwerp. The extremists transfer hundreds of thousands of euros per year to suspicious groups or accounts in other countries. Belgian security services are concerned that the group aims to carry out terrorist attacks. | Belgian coppers on top of things, monitoring the men, the mosques, and the money... |
The claims were made by daily newspaper 'Het Laatste Nieuws' on Wednesday. However, the newspaper also said co-operation between the various security services currently falls short of the mark. It means the suspects are not actually being held under surveillance. | Could be they are like the FBI, collecting intel, collating and sorting it, but not acting on it. |
The revelations stem from recent terrorism warning issued by a councilor with the Antwerp social security office OCMW, Marco Laenens. The councilor discovered that dozens of Pakistani social security recipients frequently travel back to their country of origin. The travels occur despite the fact the refugees — who have been granted asylum in Belgium — claim their safety is at threat in Pakistan.| Forehead. Keyboard. Ouch. |
When Laenens was questioned by the federal police force's anti-terrorism unit on Friday 22 July, it was revealed that an investigation was launched in 1992 into the actions of Pakistani extremists in Antwerp. Authorities now hope to quickly determine whether there is a link between the Pakistani suspects and the asylum seekers receiving social security benefits.| But let's not rush things...don't want to seem too hasty, what would the neighbors think? |
The Investigation will determine if the asylum seekers have been sent to terrorist training camps. |