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| Antwerp’s diamond traders fear terror attacks |
| 2004-04-09 |
| Sorry, Belgium, but calling America names may not keep you safe... Businesses in Antwerp’s famous diamond traders’ district fear they could soon be targeted by an Islamic fundamentalist terror attack, the Belgian press reported on Thursday. The majority of Antwerp’s diamond traders are Jewish. They say have been particularly concerned since the European Arab League (EAL) warned they could be considered a terrorist target. "Ever since the EAL made its statements, we have obviously been asking ourselves questions," diamond industry spokesman Peter Meeus told La Libre Belgique. "The quarter was already targeted in 1981, when terrorists attacked a Portuguese synagogue," he added. Meeus wants the Belgian government to step up even further the already tight security measures in place in the diamond sellers quarter, which is near to Antwerp’s main station. The EAL insisted that it was not trying to threaten Antwerp’s diamond traders but warn them. "We want to warn Antwerp’s Jewish community in its entirety to be on its guard. The community’s support for Israel is no secret," Ahmed Azzuz, head of the EAL in Belgium told La Libre Belgique. "It could therefore be targeted because of its support for Zionism, in the same way that innocent people in Spain paid for their leaders’ pro-American policies during the war in Iraq. "We are not anti-Semitic. It is recent events that have led us to sound the alarm bell," he added. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #5 acquired Belgian citizenship through marriage (he divorced immediately thereafter) Is there anybody at all in Europe or the USA who thinks this stupidly casual granting of citizenship to foreign terrorists is a good idea? . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester TROLL 2004-04-09 8:30:46 AM |
| #4 [Troll droppings deleted] |
| Posted by: Man Bites Dog TROLL 2004-04-09 8:30:46 AM |
| #3 tide is changing here.. There's a new proposition to withdraw citizenship once it's clear the marriage was fake.. Catching up, but slowly.. On JahJah, he wasn't a Hezbollah member.. He alledged he was one, but that was a blatant lie.. He tried to fool asylum instances here, but it didn't work.. |
| Posted by: lyot 2004-04-09 4:49:58 PM |
| #2 [Troll droppings deleted] |
| Posted by: Man Bites Dog TROLL 2004-04-09 8:30:46 AM |
| #1 The odious organization's name is AEL, Arab European League (first things first, I suppose). Its founder is a certain Abu Jahjah, who has already been mentioned on Rantburg some time ago. Abu Jahjah is Lebanese and belonged to Hezbollah before he came to Belgium and acquired Belgian citizenship through marriage (he divorced immediately thereafter). His right hand man Ahmed Azzuz is a piece of work too. He frequently issues dead threats against those he dislikes, which is basically everybody, except islamofascists goons like him. |
| Posted by: Peter 2004-04-09 7:43:36 AM |