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“I heard a man shout some Arabic words then an explosion” — death toll at least 28 in jihad attacks in Brussels

Mar 22, 2016 7:52 am By Robert Spencer

Europe is at war. Will European authorities continue to aid and abet the enemy, and invite Muslim migrants into their countries in large numbers, despite the presence of jihad terrorists among them?

Also, remember the reports from a few days ago about how Salah Abdeslam was cooperating with authorities? Well, he undoubtedly knew about these plots. These bombings show how much he is cooperating.

Brussels metro

“BREAKING NEWS: At least 28 dead in two explosions after suicide bomber targets American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels Airport as SECOND attack hits Metro station near EU headquarters,” by Simon Tomlinson, Martin Robinson, John Stevens and Mark Duell, MailOnline, March 22, 2016:

At least 28 people have been killed and dozens injured in Brussels after a series of terror attacks struck the city’s airport and a metro station near the EU headquarters.

Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes with blood and ‘dismembered bodies everywhere’ after two blasts rocked the American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels Airport at 8am (7am GMT) in a suspected suicide bombing. At least 13 people have died and 35 were injured.

Then 79 minutes later at 9.19am, at least 15 people were killed and scores seriously injured when a blast hit a Metro station just 400 metres from the EU headquarters in the city centre.

At the airport, there were reports of a firefight between police and the attackers who shouted in Arabic moment before detonating their bombs.

The blasts sent shockwaves through the terminal building, shattering windows, knocking roof tiles off the ceiling and sending terrified passengers running for their lives.

The explosions have left countries worldwide reeling, with security placed on high alert, flights cancelled, Eurostar services suspended and France’s border with Belgium shut down.

Two suspects were arrested a mile from the Maelbeek metro station at around 11am as hundreds of troops and police flooded the streets of Brussels in the hunt for members of the terror cell.

Soldiers have been also been deployed at the airport and other key locations across Brussels as Belgium raised its security level to ‘maximum’ in the wake of the attacks.

The bombings come just a day after the Belgium Interior Minister warned of possible revenge attacks after the arrest of Paris massacre suspect Salah Abdeslam in the city on Friday.

Photographs from inside the arrivals hall showed the floor covered in fallen tiles and dust as bloodied people hobbled out of the airport. Others injured were photographed lying on the floor.

Video showed terrified passengers running for their lives out of the building.

Firefighters who entered the terminal to search for survivors are said to have found a third unexploded device, while armed police in protective clothing combed the building for more wounded travellers and suspicious bags.

Samir Derrouich, who works at a restaurant in the airport, told MailOnline: ‘The two explosions were almost simultaneous.

‘They were both at a check-in desk. One was close to the Starbucks. It was awful. There was just blood. It was like the apocalypse.’

Dries Valaert, 30, was waiting to get his boarding pass from a check in desk when the blast struck.

He said: ‘There was a first blast and then ten seconds later a second explosion. It was a big, big blast, the ceiling went down. It was just 30 metres from where I was.

‘I saw people down on the ground and I just went running. I jumped over the security fences towards the departure gates as I thought it would be safer.

‘My first intuition was to get out in case their were attackers with guns. I saw a woman around 18 years old with a hole in her hand with blood pouring out and a man with an injured ankle and two people down. There was lots of panic. People were running all over the place.’

Mr Valaert, who was flying to a business meeting in Berlin, said he believed the bombs were hidden in suitcases that had just been checked in.

He said: ‘The explosions were just behind the service desks, they were blown towards us. To me it is the most realistic possibility. I don’t think it was someone with a suicide vest.’

Alphonse Youla, who was working on a stand putting security wrapping around suitcases, said: ‘I heard a man shout some Arabic words then an explosion… then a second explosion, a massive explosion, much bigger.’

Speaking with blood on his hands and struggling to hold back tears, he added: ‘It was a horror. I saw at least seven people dead. There was blood. People had lost legs. You could see there bodies but no legs.’

He added: ‘I saw two men face down with blood pouring out of their heads. The injuries were so awful. You cannot imagine. People were so injured.

‘I did not see the man who shouted in Arabic as he was behind me. I just heard the words. I don’t speak Arabic so I don’t know what he said.’…

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  1. Aleister crawley says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 8:00 am

    Wait for Belgian leaders to warn the population against islamophobia. Oh and expect the “islam is the religion of peace” BS propagandists.
    I’m pretty sure Trump will also get blamed for this.

    • Beagle says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 9:02 am

      “Muslims hardest hit. Backlash. Due to western (fill in the blank).”

      Yep, the players will say their lines and nobody will learn anything.

      • Tony Jacobs says

        Mar 22, 2016 at 11:40 am

        Don’t forget to blame the Jews. If they didn’t insist on defending themselves, none of this would be happening.

    • The Vilest of Creatures says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 9:44 am

      Don’t forget “This has NOTHING to do with Islam”

      • Scout says

        Mar 22, 2016 at 11:23 am

        That’s right! Now watch the news be more concerned over “heightened risk of Muslims being harassed” then the lives the Muslim terrorists took and the carnage they caused.

      • dumbledoresarmy says

        Mar 22, 2016 at 7:19 pm

        Various people commenting on a ‘Daily Mail’ report on this event are right onto that aspect.

        They’ve turned “Nothing To Do With Islam” into a sarcastic acronym – NTDWI.

        It was being used by more than one person. It’s out there and travelling. It allows people who know what it means to use it and get past censors and moderators to express their contempt for those who trot out the lies and evasions.

        • gravenimage says

          Mar 24, 2016 at 12:56 pm

          *Good*, DDA. I’ve actually been heartened to find that many comments threads in mainstream newspapers–sometimes replies to very dhimmi articles–have become refreshingly Islamoc-savvy. They may not always grasp the full basis of Jihad in Islam itself, but they seem less apt to accept the usual whitewash and apologia. This is a good sign.

        • Angemon says

          Mar 24, 2016 at 3:08 pm

          Now all that’s left is an outsider bursting into the political scene and capitalizing on it, in a Trump-esque fashion.

    • Amy glass says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 10:28 am

      “After all, Muslims are the biggest victims of terrorism/ISIS attacks, so you infidels need to quit whining.” Is that also about right? I hear something to that effect whenever Islamic terrorist attacks are unleashed in the West.

      • gravenimage says

        Mar 24, 2016 at 12:58 pm

        The idea that Muslims are so savage that they are all to happy to slaughter their own coreligionists should, of course, do *nothing* to convince us Mohammedans are not a threat to us.

  2. RichardL says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 8:02 am

    the attack was triggered prematurely. I am convinced that there are concerted attacks in all of Europe in the making. The Brussel jihadis simply got pushed into acting because the police started sniffing too close to their cell.

    • efoc says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 8:12 am

      That was the first thing that sprang to my mind too.

      • Angemon says

        Mar 22, 2016 at 9:47 am

        Same here.

    • Beagle says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 9:06 am

      Europe actually accelerated its suicidal immigration policy after it was clearly a large scale disaster. PC kills and rapes by the thousands.

  3. Janakiraman Rajalakshmi says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 8:03 am

    “Cooperating with authorities” ? Certainly not. He was so unwilling to go with them. Had to be forcibly dragged. Indian sleuths often repeat the muslim terrorists who are interrogated are totally remorseless.

    Europeans are too polite & are no match for these heartless criminals.

  4. Will Doohan says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 8:05 am

    …and the ‘cultural enrichment’ of Europe continues…

  5. efoc says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 8:05 am

    “I don’t speak Arabic so I don’t know what he said…”

    Well, I don’t speak Arabic either.

    But have you never heard of “Allahu Akbar”?

  6. R Cole says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 8:29 am

    It is incredible!!

    Muslim immigration is the death of Europe as we know it!

    Muslims want sharia law.

    And we need to understand how significant that is.

    Brussels is the place of the European Parliament. The place where foreign dignitaries gather.

    But just down the road – there are these no-go Islamic neighborhoods.

    It is not only that Muslims are not assimilating – they want an alternative state.

    And what governs it – is what is permissible under Islamic law.

    And contrary to the Leftist position that – it is western society who should reach out [we are to blame] – for it to be in line with this Islamic state – everything from business activity to person relations – must be passed through for permission – from what is a for now a minority religious belief.

    ::

    Immigration policy

    How does Islam grow so fast in relation to other groups. The Muslim practise of marriage within family units means that for many born in Europe who come of age – a marriage partner is found for them – not in Europe but back in the old country – such that if 1/2 million Muslim young people come of age 1/2 million partners would need to immigrate to Europe as their partners. Bringing with them – and inserting into every generation – the backward [certainly not forward looking] ideology from their countries of origin.

    These individual choice taken together form immigration policy.

    Over a period of 100 years – marriage practise on this scale would displace any native population.

    The writing is on the wall for Europe.

    [The very same marriage practise is happening in US as well]

    ::

    Haven’t heard anyone mention ‘islamophobia’ – guess they are waiting for the blood to at least dry a little.

    Stats – What the vast majority of Muslims believe around the world.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/4bghqi/brussels_airport_bombed_by_terrorists_days_after/d18xsx7

  7. linnte says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 9:06 am

    I just read NPR’s summary on the bombings. Absolutely no mention of “Muslim” or Islam. SMH!

    • Jack Diamond says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 10:19 am

      The media is as complicit as the politicians in keeping us suicidally defenseless.

      Catherine Herridge on FOX this morning was heard referring to jihadists using the term “kuffar” which, she explained, was a term “ISIS and like-minded groups” use for disbelievers. Not a term for disbelievers (and disbelief) coming from the Qur’an itself, a distinction at the core of Islam with a host of associations (and food for thought, i.e. “filthy kuffar”) having to do with an obligation on all Muslims for hate and enmity and rejection and war and subjugation toward all the disbelievers in Allah & Muhammad that just might influence what actual Muslims think and do. No no, kuffar is just some exotic term “extremists” use, much like they twist that kaffir-friendly and otherwise harmless “allahu-akbar” for their evil un-Islamic ends. (sarcasm)

      While Islam speaks for itself with each horrific slaughter, telling the truth about Islam is, as the Germans say, verboten. That nonsense has to end sometime.

    • Cecilia Ellis says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 10:29 am

      And just now, in his speech to Cubans, Obama made no mention of Islam or Islamic terrorists or Islamic jihad. Instead, he simply said that people of all religions must come together to fight violence . . Just a short, absurd statement. Afterwards, he continued on in his speech thanking Cubans for their hospitality to himself, Michelle, and his two daughters. He did mention that both America and Cuba had a history of slavery. Later on today, he will attend a baseball game between Americans and Cubans. Meanwhile, Europe burns.

  8. Atheist kaffur says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 9:34 am

    Trump predicted that it would get worse and it has. We are only 3 months into the all out war with Islam This is the war that is written in the Muslim Brotherhood./ Al Quaida / IS play book. I expect for attacks to increase even more. Bloodied and injured the west will wake up. Obviously those who died will not. They should not die in vane. We should take lessons from everything that has happened from the concealment of Salam for four months inside Molenbeek, to the twitter support. Non violent Muslims are in silently conspiring against the west. How is that for an eye openner.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 9:44 am

      “Total Confrontation 2016” -Al Qaeda at LibertyGB
      http://www.libertygb.org.uk/news/total-confrontation-2016-al-qaeda

      • Custos Custodum says

        Mar 22, 2016 at 1:56 pm

        The site – libertygb.org.uk – is mysteriously down.

  9. David says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 9:42 am

    The solution is so simple. Round them all up. Ship them all back to their happy Desert shit holes. (that’s Camel shit, of course)
    Let them go back to killing each other. And never again let them into any free, civilized nation again.
    They need another five or ten thousand years of development, before they might be safe to walk freely among the rest of us.

  10. DP111 says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 9:56 am

    The late Laurence oyster advocated this for sometime

    SEPARATIONISM

    Islam is a mortal threat to our civilization.

    But we can not destroy Islam.

    Nor can we democratize Islam.

    Nor can we assimilate Islam.

    THEREFORE the only way to make ourselves safe from Islam is to separate ourselves from Islam.

    http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/006854.html

    • Fessitude says

      Mar 22, 2016 at 2:59 pm

      “THEREFORE the only way to make ourselves safe from Islam is to separate ourselves from Islam.”

      I realize it’s the same thing but I think it makes a subtle difference: “is to separate Islam from ourselves”. Ie we’re not going anywhere–they need to go.

  11. Fessitude says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 1:59 pm

    “Also, remember the reports from a few days ago about how Salah Abdeslam was cooperating with authorities? Well, he undoubtedly knew about these plots. These bombings show how much he is cooperating.” –March 22, 2016 7:52 am By Robert Spencer

    Fessitude says

    March 20, 2016 at 2:31 pm

    He should be tortured to get information on more attacks.
    Reply

  12. gravenimage says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    Gee–what “Arabic words” might those be? It’s a mystery…sarc/off

  13. William says

    Mar 22, 2016 at 4:33 pm

    That photo at the top of this post is sickening. Look at those two pathetic people hugging and consoling each other, seemingly physically unhurt, while next to them a man is lying on the ground, bloodied with clothes ripped to shreds, reaching out for someone to help him. Absorbed in their own grief, they appear indifferent to the injured man, who seemed to be in greater need. It is shameful.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 24, 2016 at 1:17 pm

      Agreed, William.

      I read an eyewitness account by a fairly young, able-bodied man who was unhurt but close to the explosion at the Brussels airport.

      He detailed the presence of dozens of injured, but he did *nothing* to aid any of them–just headed out of the terminal.

      I realize it was possible that in a handful of instances someone with no medial training might have worried about making things worse–but surely this would not be the case with many of the victims.

      I could not help but think that this man doing *nothing* for the injured–as also in the photo above, where an injured man is actually desperately reaching out to the healthy couple–is actually a significant part of the problem.

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