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Europe
Belgium economy suffers amid terror attacks
2016-07-26
We can assume the impact on France and Germany following their jihad attacks is similar.
Belgium’s economic losses over the consequences of the March terrorist attacks in Brussels have amounted to 935 million euro (some $1.03 billion) in the first quarter of 2016, which is around 0.1 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), the Belgian Ministry of Economy said Tuesday.

According to the ministry, in the Brussels region alone company revenues decreased by 122.5 million euros during this period. Hotels, restaurants and tourist businesses suffered the most losses, alongside with the public entertainment sphere.

On March 22, a series of blasts hit Brussels Airport and a metro station located near the EU institutions in the center of the city, killing 32 and injuring over 300 people. 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 jihadist group, outlawed in many countries including Russia, grabbed credit for the attacks.
Posted by:SAT2014

#2  Guilty, Alan. Sorry. :-(

I'll find my magnifying glass and start looking for it.
Posted by: Barbara   2016-07-26 13:12  

#1  Okay, who hid my femto-violin?
Posted by: AlanC   2016-07-26 12:11  

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