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The Belgium police were warning of a threat to their subway system soon after the Paris attacks...but they still couldn't stop it.

Im begining to think that this whole things cannot be stopped. This whole operation is bigger than people thinks and taking 2 or 3 of the "most wanted" off the street is just a drop in the ocean.

Im begining to think that this whole things cannot be stopped. This whole operation is bigger than people thinks and taking 2 or 3 of the "most wanted" off the street is just a drop in the ocean.

"In order to stop the bombs getting through you have to either have stonewall intelligence or stop and search all Muslims, which human rights activists wouldnt allow. "

How to identify them in the first place? They don't all wear sacks or have silly beards. Many Muslims are white and many Arabs are not Muslim.

99% of them have a common denominator, i agree and understand that you can't truly identity them as such.
However intelligence knows who are converts, whether they've been radicalised in prison or at local mosques. We too have moles hence how we know so much.
Going back to your point if your Arab looking to some in this country that means you ARE a Muslim which means you ARE a terrorist.

Only 20% of Muslims are also Arabs - around a billion Muslims live in Asia and 300 million in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the four largest Muslim populations being in Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. There are also millions of Arabic Christians, so that common denominator might not be so common.

The issue, as you rightly point out, is that there is a large proportion of people in 'western' cultures who don't realise this and consider Muslim and Arabic to be the same thing. Unfortunately I don't think there's any way to improve that other than through education.

They do represent Islam, they're Islamic. What they do not represent is all Muslims.

They represent THEIR version of islam

There will always be conflict in the World, the terrorists just represent hatred. Their lives must be pretty shit and miserable. You can't live in fear just enjoy life, something these twats will never understand.

There hasn't been a terrorist attack in the UK in nearly 11 years. I imagine there would have been hundreds planned, so our counter terrorism units are doing something to stop it at least... but you're right, worldwide attacks like these will probably continue for a while.

I was listening to the biased BBC this morning and the interviewer asked "what is wrong with Belgium?" when the real question should of been, what us wrong with Islam?
Theirs not enough time in the day to answer that beauty.

Well, yeah, but it all comes from the same book.

The extremists follow a particular interpretation of it, as do the moderates. Who's to say one interpretation represents the faith but not the other? Some of it says don't kill, some of it says do kill. Which interpretation of their book is the correct one? (I think they're both wrong, by the way)

Within a couple of days of that bloke from the Paris attacks being caught too.

Within a couple of days of that bloke from the Paris attacks being caught too.

Looks like they decided to act before getting caught.

They do represent Islam, they're Islamic. What they do not represent is all Muslims.

Blimey, that's splitting haurs isn't it?

I had friends standing in the American Airlines queue at Brussels Airport when the bombs went off.
Thank god, they both survived.

Well, yeah, but it all comes from the same book.

The extremists follow a particular interpretation of it, as do the moderates. Who's to say one interpretation represents the faith but not the other? Some of it says don't kill, some of it says do kill. Which interpretation of their book is the correct one? (I think they're both wrong, by the way)

Jesus, I hope they aren't too badly hurt.

Not sure how mentally you'd square it all even if you are physically OK mind.

True Muslims abhor what these fuckers are playing at, they're the true Islamic faith not these bunch of hill biily fucktards who are just out to ruin all other faiths.

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/no-true-scotsman

What the hell is it with Belgium, spent most of the 20th century being invaded by its neighbours getting their eye in for wider European wars and now seems to have become some sort of hot bed for terrorism - such a pity as its a lovely country....

Oh well supposed to be going over for the Tour of Flanders in a fortnight, we shall see.

You're not going to miss the odd wank or glass of Chablis when you're that far gone.

I fucking love you Ells

Anyway...this is what happens when you invade other people's territories (countries are a geographical construct) and kill lots of people.

You reap the whirlwind

Yay! Politicians! Well done!

Anyway...this is what happens when you invade other people's territories (countries are a geographical construct) and kill lots of people.

You reap the whirlwind

Yay! Politicians! Well done!

I fucking love you Ells

Anyway...this is what happens when you invade other people's territories (countries are a geographical construct) and kill lots of people.

You reap the whirlwind

Yay! Politicians! Well done!

Surely intelligence would be a combined effort? Probably a tad unfair to suggest that the Belgian police were lacking.

Belgium hasn't done a lot in the way of invading.

Belgium Begins Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal

11:56 06.08.2012

The first group of Belgian soldiers from a detachment providing security at the Kabul airport has been withdrawn from Afghanistan, Belgian media reported.

Twenty-four Belgian soldiers and 10 from Luxemburg, part of the mixed platoon stationed at the airport of Kabul since 2003, have returned home.

Belgian soldiers will completely end their mission at the airport by September 30, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported.

It is expected that in September–November 2012, five Belgian platoons, a total of 230 personnel, will leave Afghanistan. By the end of the year Belgium’s troop presence in Afghanistan will be reduced to 360 people from 626.

Six Belgian military F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft will be deployed in Afghanistan until the end of 2014, when Afghanistan will take over full control of the country’s security.

Earlier Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem said that Belgian soldiers would maintain a presence in Afghanistan for three more years after 2014 in order to help Afghanistan create a national army.

I was listening to Radio 4 this morning as well...and it's not the only media outlet making this point today either.  The gist is that Belgium is barely a country at all; rather a collection of loosely connected municipalities held together with bits of string.  There is no common Belgian identity or common language; it's all about whether you're Flemish or French-speaking.  National institutions barely exist, and agencies in different parts of the country barely talk to each other, let along the agencies in other countries.

No, of course not.They have never been involved in sending troops to another sovereign country.

http://sputniknews.com/world/20120806/175011325.html (http://sputniknews.com/world/20120806/175011325.html)

Its African Empire when I was a kid, which consisted of The Congo and Rwanda/Burundi, was a byword for how not to do things a tradition set in motion by Leopold II.

Think it was the French influence....whose dabblings in Africa are largely the indirect reasons, for the present difficultes.

The Belgian Congo is often cited as one of the most brutal and exploitative colonial regimes in modern history. It stands as an extreme example of the cruelty of European rule in Africa for the sake of economic gain.

He did say hasn't done a lot to be fair

Belgium decided on 26 September 2014 that it would send six F-16 Fighting Falcons and a number of Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo planes, supported by 120 pilots and other staff, to support the military effort against ISIL in Iraq. Belgian air forces operate from Shaheed Mwaffaq Air Base located in Jordan. On 5 October, a Belgian F-16 dropped its first bomb on an Islamic State target, east of Baghdad. The contribution towards striking ISIL positions was discontinued on 30 June 2015 due to financial restraints, however 35 military advisors still remain in the country as of November 2015. The withdrawn F-16 aircraft spent six months in Jordan before returning home.