Special to WorldTribune.com As recently as a few weeks before the March 22 terror attacks in Brussels, Israel had warned Belgian officials of numerous security deficiencies at Zaventem Airport. Israeli security officials who assess safety measures at international airports that operate flights to Tel Aviv found “significant shortcomings” at Zaventem, Israel’s Channel 2 reported on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com WASHINGTON – The hype surrounding President Obama’s visit to Cuba quickly gave way to fear and loathing as the world absorbed the news of the slaughter perpetrated in Brussels, for which ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, immediately claimed “credit.” No sooner were we treated to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Party For Freedom (PVV) said the March 22 terror attacks in Brussels are likely just the beginning. “I fear that we ain’t seen nothing yet,” Wilders told Breitbart London. “The cause of all this bloodshed is Islam. We need to de-Islamize the West. That is the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) terrorists who attacked Brussels on March 22 had enough materials to make at least 10 more large bombs. Belgian police raided a property where the terrorists who attacked the Zaventem airport had been staying and found enough material to make 50 kilograms (110 pounds) […]
Special to WorldTribune.com One of the terrorists caught on camera just before the Brussels airport bombing, who remains at large, is a key suspect in the November attacks in Paris, authorities said. Belgian authorities identified brothers Ibrahim and Khalid el-Bakraoui, who were Belgian nationals, as the suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Zaventem airport […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Belgian terrorists could easily slip into the United States with minimal security checks, a U.S. lawmaker said. Rep. Ron DeSantis, Florida Republican and a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Washington Free Beacon on March 22 that the Obama administration has not changed the current visa waiver program despite […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Muslims are “absolutely not reporting” terror suspects and “that’s a big problem,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on March 22 following the attacks in Brussels. “I would say this to the Muslims, and in the United States also, when they see trouble they have to report it,” Trump told Britain’s ITV […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and its supporters used the Twitter hashtag “Brussels is burning” to express their glee at the March 22 terrorist attacks in the Belgian capital. Bombings at the city’s main airport and a metro station killed at least 34 people. It occurred four days after the arrest […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In the wake of November’s Paris attacks and amid ongoing threats, current and former U.S. and European counter-terrorism officials said they were taken aback by the “shocking” level of unpreparedness by Belgian authorities. Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) which carried out the Paris massacre of more than 200 people, claimed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The arrest of a jihadist linked to the November attacks in Paris revealed a large network operating in the Molenbeek area, the epicenter of terrorism in Brussels. Saleh Abdeslam was confirmed by authorities as the potential 10th suicide bomber from the Paris attacks who aborted his attack and fled back to Brussels. […]
