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| Brussels Ran Ad Campaign Mocking the Notion of a Terrorist Attack Two Months Ago |
| 2016-03-23 |
The site the phone calls came from was https://visit.brussels/en but I'm sure they've taken that part of the site down by now. "Hello? Hello? Is this Bruxells? I'm trying to reach Bruxells! Hello? Is anybody there?" |
| Posted by:Fester Thrimble9033 |
| #8 See also WORLD NEWS > BRUSSELS ATTACK THREATENS [EU] EUROPEAN UNITY. Which IMO may had been the intent, or one of them. i.e. splitting or dividing the EU into North-vs-South??? NOTSOMUCH WEST-VS-EAST UNLESS THEY PROCEED TO ATTACK RUSSIA + ASIA. * Also from WORLD NEWS [Inquisitr] > ISIS HAS "400 FIGHTERS [c. 440?] TRAINED TO ATTACK EUROPE IN DEADLY WAVES [of bloodshed]. * SAME > [Time>com] ISIS HAS NOW BECOME A TRULY GLOBAL THREAT. What part of Radical Islam's jihad being a "GLOBAL JIHAD" AKA "GLOBAL/WORLDWIDE MOHAMEDDAN CONQUEST" DID WE ONCE AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN ... NOT UNDERSTAND? * SAME > [HuffPo] TREATING ISIS LIKE A [de facto] STATE WITH AN ARMY WILL ONLY MAKE IT STRONGER. Yuuup. I DON'T HAVE TO BRING UP SEXY SLINKY EMILY BLUNT + 2014'S "EDGE OF TOMORROW", DO I!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-03-23 23:11 |
| #7 Poor Brussels. To refresh my memory, I checked the Belgium Wikipedia page, and was rewarded with the following information: Following the June 2007 elections there was a problem putting together a new coalition to form a new government, so the previous government officially acted as a caretaker from Dec. 2007 - March 2008, charged with handling day to day running of the federal government, but forbidden to make any new decisions. A new government was sworn in on March 20, 2008. For whatever reason, they offered their resignation on July 15, 2008, which the king refused, then resigned again in December 2008. A new government was sworn in on Dec. 30, 2008, then resigned in Nov. 2009. A new government was sworn in on Nov. 25, 2009, then resigned in April 2010, but agreed to stay on as caretaker -- again running the day to day needs of the government but making no new decisions -- until a new government formed following the upcoming elections in June 2010. It took until December 2011 for a new coalition government to be formed, a world record for a country to go without a proper government. The Belgians have much cause to be grateful that they live in a federation with much local self-governance, and not under a unitary national government, like France. The election in 2014 resulted in a new government forming promptly, but there was a long period when none of the decisions necessary to dealing with the rising jihadi threat could be made. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-03-23 16:13 |
| #6 So Brussels knew they hosted the cells that were planning attacks on their neighbors and let it ride because they hoped as hosts they'd be immune. Not impressed with Belgium's strategy of cowardliness. Then again their foreign policy history in Africa is a nightmare so who am I to say. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-03-23 14:53 |
| #5 Even before this happened Mrs. Uluque was afraid to go to Italy. Now I'll never get her over there. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-23 12:31 |
| #4 Maybe ISIS saw the ad and decided this was an appropriate time to correct that false notion. |
| Posted by: Sgt.D.T. 2016-03-23 12:17 |
| #3 Wow. Prissyboys everywhere. May need a glass of that bourbon. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-03-23 09:26 |
| #2 Whoops..damn bourban. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-03-23 03:32 |
| #1 First they agree on on an ban on "assualt rifles" and now this? What next...kippers for breakfast? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-03-23 03:31 |