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Brussels jihad mass murderer fired rifle at police in 2010, was sentenced to nine years in prison

Mar 23, 2016 8:28 am By Robert Spencer

“Brahim El Bakraoui, 30, was convicted in October 2010 for firing a Kalashnikov assault rifle at police and wounding an officer after a robbery in Brussels earlier that year. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. In 2011, his brother Khalid was given a sentence of five years for car jacking.” Then in 2016, they were both free, unsupervised, and able to amass material that they used yesterday to carry out the jihad massacre in Brussels. Why weren’t they still in prison? Arguably, Khalid might have just been freed after serving his full sentence, although it is unlikely that he did, but Brahim should have been in prison until 2019. And even in 2019, Brahim should have been kept under surveillance: a man who would fire an assault rifle at police is not likely after a prison stretch to become a loyal, law abiding citizen. The problem is that in Europe now there are just so many such men that authorities simply do not have the resources to keep tabs on all of them — and that is just the situation that the Islamic State is counting on and hopes to exacerbate until the system finally collapses altogether.

“Both brothers have criminal records, but have not been linked by the police to Islamist militants until now, RTBF said.” This indicates an anxiety on the part of Belgian officials not to appear “Islamophobic.” The fact that they had engaged in any criminal activity at all, particularly firing an assault rifle at police, should have given authorities an inkling that they had contempt for Belgian non-Muslim society, and those authorities should have known that such contempt can be an indication of Islamic supremacism. But such lines of thought are condemned in America and Europe as “Islamophobic.”

Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui

“Belgium identifies Brussels airport attackers: media,” Reuters, March 23, 2016:

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The two men who blew themselves up at Brussels airport on Tuesday were brothers known to the police and a third attacker, who is at large, is a known Paris attacks suspect, Belgian media said on Wednesday.

The suicide bombers were named as Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui and the third man as Najim Laachraoui.

Federal prosecutors declined to comment, but said they would provide information in the course of the morning.

Laachraoui’s DNA had been found in houses used by the Paris attackers last year, prosecutors said on Monday, adding that he had traveled to Hungary in September with Paris attacks prime suspect Salah Abdeslam.

Captured on a security camera photograph at Brussels Airport on Tuesday morning beside the El Bakraoui brothers, Laachraoui did not detonate a bomb and is still at large. A bomb was subsequently destroyed in a controlled explosion….

In the raid, investigators found an Islamic State flag, an assault rifle, detonators and a fingerprint of Abdeslam, who was arrested three days later.

Both brothers have criminal records, but have not been linked by the police to Islamist militants until now, RTBF said.

Brahim El Bakraoui, 30, was convicted in October 2010 for firing a Kalashnikov assault rifle at police and wounding an officer after a robbery in Brussels earlier that year. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.

In 2011, his brother Khalid was given a sentence of five years for car jacking.

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Filed Under: Belgium, Eurabia, Featured, immigration, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Jihad in the West Tagged With: Brahim El Bakraoui, Khalid El Bakraoui, Najim Laachraoui


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  1. EL says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 8:29 am

    There’s the problem in the pip-squeakocracy called Europe. 9 years jail ?? Should be life as in 100 years.

    • nomoreislamicstate says

      Mar 23, 2016 at 8:34 am

      They should have just shot him. Get it over with. One less muslim to deal with. These people come to convert, conquer, and kill: http://www.blindfoldnation.com/index.php/2015/12/21/the-truth-about-islam-convert-or-conquer/ It is a religious death cult.

      • Gbox says

        Mar 23, 2016 at 10:33 am

        That is the solution that works. Any muslim who attempts to kill or even attempts to join ISIS should be eliminated, not given another opportunity to do so. It’s so simple.

        • nomoreislamicstate says

          Mar 23, 2016 at 12:37 pm

          Agreed! Stop them in their tracks. We know they hate infidels and western culture, that is what they are taught from birth by the death cult religion. If they even show signs of being radicalized, that should be enough for their execution.

          We need to beat it into their minds that radical islam will not be tolerated. Zero tolerance, death to them all!

    • ninetyninepct says

      Mar 24, 2016 at 11:20 am

      Jailed for 9 years in 2010. Hey you idiots in the Belgian legal system, it`s 2016. That sure seems like 6 yrs to me. It is your fault that this happened.

  2. john spielman says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 9:03 am

    so who made the decision to free these murderers? investigate and hold that govt employee(s) responsible and let them answer to the enraged public!

  3. Yokel says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 9:17 am

    Welcome to a world where (in Britain at least) good behaviour in prison earns you release after you have served half of your sentence. Nominally you are out “on licence” and subject to recall if you misbehave, but everyone knows you have to be pretty awful to be recalled for there are grossly insufficient places in the prison system.

    But it is progressive.

    • Aardvark says

      Mar 24, 2016 at 8:45 am

      Another problem that would be solved by nomoreislamicstate’s recommendation (above).

  4. Papa Whiskey says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 9:44 am

    These guys were just nasty crooks until they got sentenced. This looks like a case of “prison da’wah,” facilitated by “hands-off Islam” policies, no doubt.

  5. Peter Ahlskog says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 10:18 am

    Are El Bakraoui and names ending with -oui a French spelling of Arabs from Morocco specifically? Is the English spelling El Bakraw?

    • Papa Whiskey says

      Mar 23, 2016 at 4:48 pm

      El Bakrawi.

  6. Angemon says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 12:13 pm

    And even in 2019, Brahim should have been kept under surveillance: a man who would fire an assault rifle at police is not likely after a prison stretch to become a loyal, law abiding citizen. The problem is that in Europe now there are just so many such men that authorities simply do not have the resources to keep tabs on all of them

    And that’s assuming the authorities knew what to be on the lookout for. If they only considered him a violent criminal – i.e., disregarded the religious aspect – how could they reasonably suspect he was going to become a suicide bomber? I mean, religion aside, he was just a thug who committed armed robbery. If he went on to buy fertilizer, a pressure cooker, rat-poison and nails, would the people tailing him realize what he was up to?

  7. Sam says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 1:32 pm

    Europe looks like a lost cause to me and we in America are getting there faster than anyone ever thought of. Why do I say that? At work nobody is talking about Brussels but I hear all the time “black lives matter” , climate change, gender equality crap all the time. the silence about Islamic Jihad will be our end as a free society.

  8. tahliae says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    My feeling is the west will be unable to stop this white anting unless they employ extreme measures. By extreme I’m talking about decimating islam so completely that the remaining will reconsider their faith as being totally wrong. ISIS is trying to bring about the final battle, the west should employ their forces at a staging point near the prophetic battle ground, wait for the build up of islamic forces, withdraw in stealth and use tactical nuclear devices to utterly destroy. At the same time mecca and Saudi Arabia need to be wiped off the map! A man has got to be able to dream!

  9. Champ says

    Mar 23, 2016 at 7:31 pm

    “Both brothers have criminal records, but have not been linked by the police to Islamist militants until now, RTBF said.” This indicates an anxiety on the part of Belgian officials not to appear “Islamophobic.” The fact that they had engaged in any criminal activity at all, particularly firing an assault rifle at police, should have given authorities an inkling that they had contempt for Belgian non-Muslim society, and those authorities should have known that such contempt can be an indication of Islamic supremacism. But such lines of thought are condemned in America and Europe as “Islamophobic.” — Robert Spencer

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Spot on!

  10. Hope says

    Mar 24, 2016 at 7:44 am

    Civil war is inevitable. If our leaders continue to refuse to protect us, people will have no choice but to defend themselves. It is sad to think of having to live like that, but if this situation continues what choice will we have? Unless you are a moonbat idiot liberal, the instinct to protect oneself and one’s family is deeply ingrained.

  11. sham says

    Mar 24, 2016 at 10:40 am

    ISLAM PROHIBIT KILLING NON MUSLIM WITH PEACE AGREEMENT:

    8: 72. Verily, those who believed, and emigrated and strove hard and fought with their property and their lives in the Cause of Allah as well as those who gave (them) asylum and help, – these are (all) allies to one another. And as to those who believed but did not emigrate (to you O Muhammad SAW), you owe no duty of protection to them until they emigrate, but if they seek your help in religion, it is your duty to help them except against a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance, and Allah is the All-Seer of what you do.
    9: 4. Except those of the Mushrikûn with whom you have a treaty, and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor have supported anyone against you. So fulfill their treaty to them to the end of their term. Surely Allah loves Al- Mattaqûn
    4: 90. Except those who join a group, between you and whom there is a treaty (of peace), or those who approach you with their breasts restraining from fighting you as well as fighting their own people. Had Allah willed, indeed He would have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they withdraw from you, and fight not against you, and offer you peace, then Allah has opened no way for you against them.
    91. You will find others that wish to have security from you and security from their people. Every time they are sent back to temptation, they yield thereto. If they withdraw not from you, nor offer you peace, nor restrain their hands, take (hold) of them and kill them wherever you find them. In their case, We have provided you with a clear warrant against them.
    Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 83 :: Hadith 49
    Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr:
    The Prophet said, “Whoever killed a Mu’ahid (a person who is granted the pledge of protection by the Muslims) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be smelt at a distance of forty years (of traveling).”
    Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 53 :: Hadith 391
    Dawud :: Book 14 : Hadith 2639
    Narrated Jarir ibn Abdullah:
    The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent an expedition to Khath’am. Some people sought protection by having recourse to prostration, and were hastily killed. When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) heard that, he ordered half the blood-wit to be paid for them, saying: I am not responsible for any Muslim who stays among polytheists. They asked: Why, Apostle of Allah? He said: Their fires should not be visible to one another.
    Malik :: Book 43 : Hadith 43.15.8
    Malik :: Book 44 : Hadith 44.2.2

    • Angemon says

      Mar 24, 2016 at 2:22 pm

      sham posted:

      ISLAM PROHIBIT KILLING NON MUSLIM WITH PEACE AGREEMENT:””

      This is what the quran has to say about peace agreements with infidels:

      9:1
      Freedom from obligation (is proclaimed) from Allah and His messenger toward those of the idolaters with whom ye made a treaty.

  12. Bruce says

    Mar 24, 2016 at 7:40 pm

    Both of these assholes were born in Brussels. This has been the problem with a lot of the Islamic terrorism in Europe. Restricting immigration will not solve the issue. They couldn’t be deported, any more than Syed Rizwan Farook (born in Chicago) could be deported from here – they were born as citizens of the country they attacked. This war is going to be long and difficult.

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