Brussels

Hoping for minimal casualties. Sounding like at least 10 dead and 30 wounded in initial reports, but we all know how accurate those usually are.

I thought Brussels would have been hit before Paris... I hope they can round up a bunch of people from this.

RIP to those killed in these attacks.
 
34 now.

Watching some of the aftermath videos, smoke, darkness, people screaming....you never know how you'll react, but it is a good reminder that you have to try and think dispassionately. Sort out the emotion later.
 
medicchick said:
ISIS is claiming responsibility.

Brussels explosions: Isis claims airport and metro attacks – live updates
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This is no surprise.

Islam dictates that the world be divided into the House of Islam and the House of War. The latter should indicate the method by which many Muslims* believe their ideological differences will ultimately be resolved with those who do not share the one true faith.

The indiscriminate murder of infidels is imminently justifiable according to the vision of life and destiny prescribed in the Koran.


* To be read 'all Muslims' for those reading the Koran as the literal word of god
 
Ooh-Rah said:
This is no surprise.

Whether they did it or not.

I've always wondered if anyone has a way to vett these claims beforehand.

On the other hand, "we" want it to be ISIL, so we are relieved when they claim it. Reinforces our agenda of the moment.
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If Amaq, claims it, why would there be any doubt?
 
Maybe I was not as clear in my writing as I had intended. My point being , in a situation like this , do we just go with whomever claimed it as the definitive aggressor, or does the FBI (or whoever) come in and try to verify that we are blaming the right group; that there is not another unknown group out there letting someone else take the blame.
 
An investigation should be conducted but there is no other group coming forward, nor is there likely to be, IMO.

We are at war with Islam. The fact that the highest profile Islamic extremist organization claims a horrific act of violence, if nothing else, sends yet another message which confirms that.

Watch to see how many "moderate" Muslim organizations and spokespersons in the West come forward to publicly denounce this act in the coming days.
 
Probably ISIS, but it could be some acolytes "reppin' the colors" as well. The Taliban claimed any death or incident in Afghanistan and they were usually wrong.

At east CNN can rule out Trump. They must be a blow to their pride.

The "best" part? When this happens again. At some point people need to wake up and find a solution or just accept that they and their children can become a statistic.
 
Obviously, however many Muslim jihadists we've killed since 9/11 isn't enough. We're going to have to keep on killing them until they finally get it through their walnut-sized brains that being a Muslim jihadist and wanting to make everything like it was in the 9th Century is not the way to pass on heritable traits to successive generations. It is a one-way ticket to the hottest part of Hell.
 
Ocoka One said:
Obviously, however many Muslim jihadists we've killed since 9/11 isn't enough. We're going to have to keep on killing them until they finally get it through their walnut-sized brains that being a Muslim jihadist and wanting to make everything like it was in the 9th Century is not the way to pass on heritable traits to successive generations. It is a one-way ticket to the hottest part of Hell.
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This would hold true if the people we're fighting didn't think of their Holy Mission in terms of centuries.

Either we need to dump religious faith altogether or Muslims need to majorly rethink some of the primary tenets of their religion, IMO.

Cleaning out the huge amount of non-believer hating text from their holy book wouldn't be a bad start.
 
Religions divide people, to the point of murder; something we are not supposed to do. The Spanish Inquisition is a prime example. Those that have a belief in God and join a particular religious group, learn that their choice is better than anyone of a different religion, and that they are shameful damned people.. Wars are fought, and people die for their belief in God. I have never been able to understand that, but it is pushed in our face day in, and day out. As a species, we are fundamentally flawed. We will see more and more of what we saw today, in Europe. In time, they will become more active here. They are all cowards, with many, many flaws.
 
Red Flag 1 said:
Wars are fought, and people die for their belief in God. I have never been able to understand that, but it is pushed in our face day in, and day out.
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The cause is the same reason Christianity has been a living spring of hideous violence in the past, for instance, with forced conversion and/ or sword in the name of that religion.

The same cause of organized humiliation and pogroms of Jews, for instance, in 1728 and 1790 and 1875 and 1884 and 1890, 1903, 1912, 1948, 1952, 1955....
 
**UPDATE**

It appears the 3rd suspect (Laachraoui) whose picture has been circulated worldwide, has been arrested.



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.

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