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With Europe on edge, soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets in Belgium Saturday while police in Greece detained at least two suspects as part of a widening counterterrorism dragnet across the continent.
In France, one of the terrorists behind last week's attacks in Paris was given a secret burial as authorities sought to head off glorification of terrorism and civil unrest amid a groundswell of popular antagonism across Europe against radical Islam, and protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad across the Muslim world that have underscored vast cultural differences.
For the first time in three decades, authorities used paratroopers to reinforce police in Belgium's cities, guarding buildings within the Jewish quarter of the port city of Antwerp and some Belgian embassies. The move came a day after anti-terror raids netted dozens of suspects across Western Europe and increased anxiety across big swathes of the region.
Belgium has increased its terror warning to 3, the second-highest, following the anti-terror raids of Thursday which left two suspects dead. Police believe the cell they largely dismantled was on the verge of a major attack.
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glasshouses
(484 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)And Europe, lost to radical Islam, will be saved!
malaise
(268,975 posts)Watch the money not the propaganda.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)for posts. You'd get a "like" here malaise.
The propaganda is for taking attention away from where the money is going and what the money is doing to the masses in Europe.
malaise
(268,975 posts)One more thing - the only thing they dislike about Sharia law is the law re usury - once they get rid of that, they can loot the ME the way they looted the rest of us.
ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)the fucking world is on fire.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)I'm afraid this is going to escalate into a much bigger problem.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)France
Belgium
Italy
Germany
Greece