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big_dog

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7. I doubt that is going to be a big problem-they want the publicity for propoganda purposes
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 01:47 PM
Sep 2014

Belgium has been put on edge over potential Islamist terrorist attacks for the second time in four months amid reports that a man and woman who had returned from the war in Syria via Turkey were plotting an assault on the European Union’s main offices in Brussels.

According to the Dutch public broadcaster, NOS, the couple were detained in Belgium where investigators were said to have proof of a planned attack on the Berlaymont building, the offices housing the European commission.

A commission spokeswoman said she was aware of the reports, but that the organisation, the EU executive and civil service, had received no warnings of any specific threats.

With governments across Europe increasingly preoccupied by the risks arising from the return of nationals who have joined gone to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic State (Isis), concern is particularly high in Belgium. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/couple-returning-from-syria-were-plotting-assault-on-european-unions-belgium-office/

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So the rethugs are back in charge of the executive branch Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #1
What does your statement have to do with the posted article? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #3
Terra terra terra Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #9
So you're saying ISIS is fiction? And if you're wrong? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #12
If I'm wrong? Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #13
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And predictable. Let's not forget predictable. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #16
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It is Republican to have the FBI monitor Americans who fought or tried to fight in Syria? karynnj Sep 2014 #5
Au contraire cosmicone Sep 2014 #19
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There was a provisional warrant for his arrest and I believe that he has been charged with crimes karynnj Sep 2014 #6
Because what Snowden did christx30 Sep 2014 #10
How will we tell the violent acts of returning extremists from our daily mayhem? Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #4
I doubt that is going to be a big problem-they want the publicity for propoganda purposes big_dog Sep 2014 #7
The Daily Mayhem.... HoosierCowboy Sep 2014 #8
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