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“We’ve averted a Belgian Charlie Hebdo”: Muslims fire on police

Jan 15, 2015 3:46 pm By Robert Spencer

The latest Islamic State video threatened more jihad mass murder attacks — in Belgium, all of Europe, and America.

More on this story. “Suspected Jihadists Killed In Belgium Raid,” Sky News, January 15, 2015:

Belgian police have have killed two men in a shootout – foiling a major terror attack in the country, according to authorities.

They died in Verviers during one of about 10 raids carried out against alleged Islamist extremists thought to have returned from fighting in the Syrian civil war.

As police closed in, suspects opened fire and there was a firefight for several minutes before the pair were killed.

No officers or civilians were hurt, according to a prosecutor.

A member of the Belgian security forces at the scene of the incident

Eric Van Der Sypt said: “The suspects immediately and for several minutes opened fire with military weaponry and handguns on the special units of the federal police before they were neutralised.”

He said police buildings were the target and an attack had been expected in hours or days.

One person was arrested and there were reports he had been injured in the raid but that has not been confirmed.

Belgium’s public broadcaster RTBF said the raid was on an apartment above a bakery and explosions and gunfire were apparently heard near the train station.

The website of La Meuse newspaper quoted an unidentified police officer as saying: “We’ve averted a Belgian Charlie Hebdo.”

The French satirical magazine was attacked last week by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi who killed 12 people.

But Mr Van Der Sypt said there was, for the time being, no direct connection to the Paris attacks.

He said more anti-terrorist raids were taking place in the Brussels region and Verviers, adding that Belgium’s terror alert level was raised to its second-highest level

Video posted online of what appeared to be the operation in Verviers showed a dark view of a building amid blasts, gunshots and sirens, and a fire with smoke billowing up.

Click here for the latest updates on the raid.

The incident reportedly took place near a street called Rue des Ecoles.

One resident told RTL: “I heard the first explosion and then several shots. I cannot say more at this time. I dare not go down to take a look.”

The operation was one one of several being conducted against people believed to have returned to Belgium after taking part in the Syrian civil war.

It has the highest number of citizens per head of population in Europe who have fought for the Syrian rebels, research says.

Police were reportedly hunting a man who witnesses said had brandished a weapon and shouted religious slogans in Arabic at a Brussels metro station.

Earlier, Belgian authorities arrested a man suspected of supplying the gunmen who killed 17 people in Paris, as funerals for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attacks continued.

Police in Charleroi are holding the suspect on suspicion of arms dealing after he handed himself in to police in the city on Tuesday.

He told officers he had been in touch with Amedy Coulibaly, the militant who took hostages in a Jewish supermarket in the French capital and was later killed by security forces.

According to reports, the man said he had conned Coulibaly in a car sale.

But police later found evidence the pair were negotiating the sale of bullets for a 7.62mm caliber firearm – the type needed for the Tokarev pistol Coulibaly used in his attack on the supermarket in Paris that left four hostages dead.

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  1. gravenimage says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    “We’ve averted a Belgian Charlie Hebdo”: Muslims fire on police
    ……………………………….

    Several disturbing things come together here: Muslims “radicalized” and trained in Syria and the Islamic State bringing their Jihad terror training home to launch attacks in Europe; a willingness to attack police and other security forces as well as civilians; and being emboldened by the blatant assault on Charlie Hebdo.

    I believe we are going to increasingly see the poisoned fruits of all of the above in the coming times.

    This also gives the lie to the idea that if only Infidels “respect” Islam that there will be no Jihad violence—after all, there is no Belgian Charlie Hebdo.

    As for now, kudos to Belgian police for bravely foiling this planned Muslim atrocity against their people.

  2. jihad3tracker says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 4:30 pm

    Even cynical old Me, never one to grasp at foolish expectations about me fellow humans, has A REASON FOR HOPE ABOUT CLUELESS WESTERNERS FINALLY WAKING UP.

    Jihadists like these in Belgium, France, American, Canada are hitting so often recently — yet without a body count to match their “negative” publicity.

    Yes, agreed, every life lost is tragic, but the blood of those innocents drips into the “privilege guilt” wishful thinking, replacing it with awareness about the essence of Islam’s agenda.

    • jihad3tracker says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 4:40 pm

      Pardon the typos in my post above —- and let me put what I was trying to say more concisely :

      LAW ENFORCMENT TO JIHADISTS : ” ALRIGHT, MOTHERF**KERS, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ! ! ! WE NOW SHOOT FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER . . . GOT IT ? ? ? “

      • Glock says

        Jan 16, 2015 at 5:18 am

        Which I am very okay with!!

  3. Angemon says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    Good riddance to rotten garbage, and kudos to the belgian police for staying on the ball.

  4. Allan Mandrowski says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 5:32 pm

    This is how it should be done. Draw blood first, before they kill innocent people.

    Kudos to Belgian police. Stay safe.

  5. Ashley says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    Nice work, Belgium!

    That’s the good news.

    Now for the not-so-good news: For every cockroach you squash, there are 100 more you don’t see.

  6. Ross says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    2 down-300 million to go. (I know there are about 1.2 billion Muslims. I’m just counting those who have admitted they are willing to commit Jihad and kill all infidels.)

    • Saycheese says

      Jan 16, 2015 at 1:50 am

      Please consult a doctor.

  7. wiederganger says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    I am a born and raised Belgian that has been living in america with a greencardfor he past eight or so years.. I can only assume the situation has worsened significantly in my homeland over that time but it was already terrible when I left.. There were already no-go zones where police barely if at all dared to tread (most notable schaarbeek, Brussels and borgerhout, Antwerp) and I myself have been assaulted many times by Muslims (predominantly morrocan) while simply walking down the street minding my own business, mostly while coming home from work at night. I have been robbed several times by Muslims and threatened to be gangraped (I am male and straigth) a fate I only narrowly avoided by running away.. I honestly can say that I am worried about my family who still lives there.. We will NEVER coexist! Je suis charlie

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Jan 16, 2015 at 12:49 am

      Here’s a different ‘take’ on the Je suis Charlie meme.

      Might be worth spreading about.

      http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/58611

  8. Thinking From First Principles says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 7:41 pm

    It’s time for some lawfare against the Ummah to recover the costs for added security that cause us all to bear.

    One would think that the RICO statutes can be used against organizations whose doctrinal basis includes 1) they should follow the example set by that person (sorry, I am repulsed to write the name) and 2) that person the should imitate says “I have been made victorious through terror …” etc.

  9. David says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    What if the Jihadis in any given city decide to coordinate, and 200 of them go out at the same time with automatic weapons & start killing people? Have you thought about that, you traitor politicians? You created this situation.

    • joe says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 8:48 pm

      No they think only about some drunken Nazis.

      Germany had one time some wannabe nazi terorists.They where trained by muslims(like the REDs)but the training was to hard for them haha…so they run away…this is the danger for them.

      also once i saw a docu. about german nazi youth.one fat guy had a mikey mouse pullover haha…a real stormtrooper!

  10. unbeliever1 says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 8:41 pm

    Isn’t this guy one of the primates from the movie “Planet of the Apes”?

  11. Richie says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    why does every violent muslim look like a neanderthal?

    • pumbar says

      Jan 15, 2015 at 10:53 pm

      That’s a bit tough on poor old Neanderthals. I was think mollusc with a fuzzy comedy beard.

  12. Dave J says

    Jan 15, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    The reason that they look like infantile barbarians is because they are infantile barbarians.

  13. Charli Main says

    Jan 16, 2015 at 5:55 am

    These Muslim terror attacks are never going to stop as long as these Muslim terrorists retain their fanatical belief that they will go to paradise as a reward for killing infidels.
    So, make them afraid to die, by making it clear to them, that we will make sure that they will not get to paradise.
    How would this be done ??
    By showing Muslim terrorists that when they are killed, they will be smothered in pig fat and buried in pig shit making sure that they will never get their self repairing virgins, little boys as sweet as pearls and a herd of sexy female goats.

  14. Bonnie Loranger says

    Jan 16, 2015 at 6:03 am

    The Belgians should not let them back in the country.period.

  15. duh_swami says

    Jan 16, 2015 at 6:07 am

    Good work, but this is no time to rest. There are many more roaches hiding in dark corners waiting for you to fall asleep. Vigilance must be 24/7 not just business hours.

  16. David says

    Jan 16, 2015 at 8:45 am

    http://smh.com.au/world/hostages-taken-in-post-office-near-paris-20150116-12s7gb.html

    Without knowing who has taken the hostages…..my money is on a Muslim!

  17. gp says

    Jan 16, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    Every mosque is a “potential” jihadist recruiting center. Political correctness and multiculturalism has allowed the fox into the hen house.

    When you drive by a mosque do you see a Trojan Horse?

    Specifically, how is a mosque a threat to the community within which it is built?
    Every single mosque in the world, by definition, is modeled on the mosque of Muhammad in Medina in accordance with the Sunnah. The Sunnah interprets the Qur’an by reporting exhaustively on everything that Muhammad said, did, or consented to. Therefore, his Medina mosque, the first mosque, was a place where he gave judgments, where he decided who would be executed, where he instituted policy—domestic and military— where Jihad war strategies were designed. Consequently, it was a storage place for arms, a military training base, and was where troops were blessed and dispatched. Literally they were sent to conquer – first the whole of Arabia, and then the rest of the known world. Therefore if the present-day mosque is modeled as per the Sunnah of Muhammad then there should be very serious concern. As is well-known, Muslims are required to follow the example (Sunnah) of Muhammad—and according to Sura 33:36 it is not an option or a matter of opinion: “It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allâh and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error.” This explains and establishes beyond doubt why arms have been found in mosques in various countries, and in different capital cities.
    In addition to the undisputed significance of the Medina mosque as the role model for all Mosques, there is also the Islamic policy of establishing strategic Mosques as beachheads with interconnected networks. Taken together, these two policies do constitute a clear and present danger—and a need for concern.
    For example, when Abu Hamza[1] was the Imam of the Finsbury Park mosque in the United Kingdom, he trained people, he sent out terrorists and British authorities found arms stored there. He was well within his Islamic mandate as these activities were sanctioned by Islam. He didn’t find it wrong because it is in the Islamic manuals. Another prime example of a mosque being found to have engaged in high-level political, military and intelligence activities is the Munich Mosque, which is now considered by Islamists to be on a par with some of highest-ranked Mosques in Muslim countries.
    Sam Solomon-former professor of Sharia Law

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