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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Brussels Terror Attacks That Killed Three Dozen

Latest: Police have reportedly found a nail bomb, chemicals, and an ISIS flag in a raid on a Schaerbeek home.

Update: According to Al Arabiya and now multiple other sources, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack via affiliated propaganda channels.

From the group’s statement:

“Islamic State fighters opened fire inside Zaventem Airport, before several of them detonated their explosive belts, as a martyrdom bomber detonated his explosive belt in the Maalbeek metro station. The attacks resulted in more than 230 dead and wounded.”

Update: The latest reports indicate 38 dead, over 212 injured, 3 explosions: 1 bomb at the metro and 2 suicide bombers at the Brussels Airport; the country remains on high alert.

Update: Police found a Kalashnikov next to one of the dead attackers at the Brussels airport.

Update: Belgian media have reported a fourth explosion apparently at Rue De La Loi. It may be a controlled detonation. Police are also evacuating Royal Park.

Update: The Belgian army will deploy 275 more troops to Brussels as the city will once again come to resemble a war zone.

Update: Reports indicate the death toll from the twin airport blasts sits at 13 while casualties in the metro number 20. Cell phone networks are congested and authorities are encouraging Belgians to use messaging apps and social media to contact friends and family.

Obviously, officials believe there could be a connection to networks cultivated by Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam who was captured in a Molenbeek anti-terror raid last week. On theory says that cells connected to Abdeslam might have pulled forward plans to bomb soft targets fearing more raids were imminent.

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Just four months after the tragic attacks in Paris, Europe was once again the epicenter of a terrorist mass murder, when several deadly explosions this morning rocked Brussels, first hitting the international airport and then a metro station near the European Union institutions, resulting in dozens of casualties and over a hundred wounded in what Belgian authorities moments ago labeled as terrorist attacks.

The first explosions Tuesday morning hit the city’s main airport outside a security check. According to Reuters, at least 10 people have reportedly been killed although estimates in social media range as high as 17, and dozens were wounded after two blasts ripped through Zaventem airport. Brussels police said that Zaventem’s great hall was targeted in the blast, but they couldn’t confirm the number of the victims in the attack. “There was an explosion, but we cannot say more,” a police spokesperson said.

“It was atrocious. The ceilings collapsed,” Zach Mouzoun, who arrived on a flight from Geneva about 10 minutes before the first blast, told BFM television. “There was blood everywhere, injured people, bags everywhere.”

“It was a war scene,” he added, for emphasis.

 

A suicide bomber was responsible for one of the blasts, Belgian broadcaster VRT said. Three suicide belts packed with explosives have been found at the Brussels airport by police, local TV reported.

Reports also suggest that first there was a shot fired in the departure hall, then something was called out in Arabic, and only afterward, two explosions rocked the facility.

A person briefed on the incident said two devices exploded inside the airport outside the security check and that more than 100 people had been injured. Smoke could be seen rising from the airport in the aftermath of the explosions.

According to preliminary reports, one of the explosions took place near the American Airlines check-in desk. A government source confirmed to VRT broadcaster that it was an attack, while Anke Fransen, spokeswoman for Brussels Airport, said there were multiple injuries. “We can confirm that there have been two explosions in the departure hall. We called the emergency services on the ground – they [are] now provid[ing] first aid to the injured.”

Niels Caignau, flight watcher at Swissport, told Radio 1 that he heard an explosion at around 8:00 a.m. local time.  “The windows outside the departure hall are completely shattered. Many people have run out with tears in [their] eyes. We were advised to stay indoors.”

No planes are landing at Brussels Airport which is in lockdown, and planes are being diverted to Antwerp. Planes are circling over the city of Liege. Sky News Middle East correspondent Alex Rossi, who was at the airport en route to Tel Aviv, has tweeted that he could “feel the buildings move.”

Belgian officials immediately raised the terror alert across the country. As the WSJ adds, police have closed the access road leading to the airport and police and ambulances were rushing to the scene. The airport began evacuating the building where the explosions took place and an official warned people not to come to the area. “Don’t come to the airport—airport is being evacuated. Avoid the airport area. Flights have been cancelled,” the airport said.

Airlines said they were diverting inbound flights. Europe’s air-traffic management organization Eurocontrol on Tuesday warned airlines that the airport was unavailable “until further notice.”

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The third explosion struck just after 9 a.m. local time struck Maelbeek metro station, very near the heart of the European quarter in Brussels, home to the EU institutions.  

According to preliminary local police reports cited by RT, at least 10 people were killed. The explosion took place less than an hour after a deadly airport bombing, which killed at least 17 people.  Large amounts of smoke have been seen coming out of the metro station in the Belgian capital. Brussels’ transport authority says all metro stations in the city have been closed, Reuters reports.

Minutes after the blast at Maalbeek, a second explosion is reported to have taken place at the near-by Schuman metro station. Images on social media have shown passengers being evacuated from inside the metro and walking along the train tracks. The Maalbeek station is also near a number of important EU buildings such as Berlaymont building, which houses the EU Commission and the Council of the European Union.

Staff working at the EU commission have also been told to stay indoors.   Belgian authorities have raised the security alert to the highest level following blasts at the Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek Metro station.

 

 

All trains to and from Brussels have been suspended and the airport will remain closed until at least Wednesday.

A video summary of this morning’s events

zerohedge



34 Comments on "ISIS Claims Responsibility For Brussels Terror Attacks That Killed Three Dozen"

  1. makati1 on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 6:58 pm 

    When you meddle in the affairs of another country, (Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc.) you deserve what comes home to roost. Real terror is coming to the Us soon. Be patient.

  2. Boat on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 7:53 pm 

    mak,

    The bombing was in Belgian idiot. We may need to have you checked out. You may be a threat.

    ” Real terror is coming to the Us soon. Be patient”.

    Do you bring terror on your trips?

  3. dooma on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 8:24 pm 

    As mak says, this is the unfortunate consequence of what happens when the West keeps sticking it’s nose into the ME.

    Boat, they arrested the main suspect involved in the Paris bombing in BRUSSELS. May I suggest you learn to read a map?

  4. Anonymous on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 9:11 pm 

    The endless War of Terror needs endless terror attacks. Or else ‘the people’ will stop believing the War of Terror is real. So the americans get to attack multiple targets here. The uS constantly whines the EU isnt showing sufficient enthusiasm for the uS imperial wars. Events like this, are intended to get the EU public, and any wavering elites, ‘on-board’ with uS aggression. This is why ‘terror’ attacks are always arranged to take place outside the US, usually were support for the empire is borderline or even hostile .
    There is little need to stage events inside the homeland, as most americants are already peeing their pants and seeing ‘USlamic state jihadists under their beds. But the EU is another matter. uS planners know full well support for the empire and its wars, is lukewarm at best. Even the EU elite sometimes seem to be waver at times. Attacks like this, are a way to give america the cover it needs to attack anywhere it wishes, with logistical support from the EU, for whatever reasons it wishes.

    Regions or areas where support for uS imperialism at the gov’t level is strong, dont have ‘ISIS’ attacks. Countries like Japan, Canada, UK, Israel, GCC countries for examples, never suffer ‘ISIS Inspired’ attacks like this.

    The only ones, thats benefit from events like this, is are uS-led global war-regime. Ie The War-Of-Terror. Even if ‘ISIS’ were a real entity, this attack would be utterly worthless and pointless. And why Belgium? What centerpiece role have they player in the uS War of Terror? A tiny role at best. Why not…the uS itself? Russia? Uk, France, Israel? Nope skip over all those and head straight for…….the Dutch.

  5. Plantagenet on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 9:42 pm 

    Curious that no one here puts any blame on the Islamic Caliphate for the attacks they just carried out in Belgium.

  6. Rick Bronson on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 9:56 pm 

    As long as petrodollars keep flowing in to those Arab countries, IS & Al Qaeda will keep attacking other countries.

    Reduce the oil consumption and see what happens. Many alternatives like natgas, biofuels and electricity is already there.

    Just start using them.

  7. Pennsyguy on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 9:57 pm 

    I agree with you Anon. As a fan of Orwell, I’m usually skeptical about who is really behind most acts of terror, though some may be committed by the people blamed. One thing that is certain is that the body count of the innocent keeps getting higher, weather from nail bombs or drone attacks. I doubt if that will change. The other certainty is that politicians will show how tough they are, without actually enlisting in the military.

  8. GregT on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 10:02 pm 

    Boat,

    “The bombing was in Belgian idiot.”

    Actually Boat, the bombing was in Brussels, Belgium.

    Remind us all again as to who the real idiot is.

  9. GregT on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 10:19 pm 

    mak,

    From my understanding there has been at least a quarter of a million Iraqis alone, brutally murdered since the illegal invasion began in 2003. Add in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Libya, and I’m sure that the number slaughtered is approaching 1 million. It shouldn’t really be all that difficult to figure out why people are retaliating. Kind of a no brainer really. Note the location of the airport bombings. Coincidentally, one blast directly in front of the American Airlines check in desk, and another right in front of Starbucks coffee.

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/03/22/14/32748AC600000578-3503928-image-a-23_1458657294060.jpg

  10. Plantagenet on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 10:22 pm 

    @GregT

    So you think ISIS is retaliating against Belgium for its dastardly attack on Iraq?

    Ahem.

    And when exactly do you think Belgium invaded Iraq?

    Cheers!

  11. GregT on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 10:30 pm 

    @planter,

    Thank you for yet one more no-brainer comment.

    Cheers! 🙂

  12. makati1 on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 11:04 pm 

    Boat, the Us is due for another 9/11. Be patient. This one will be a real whiz BANG! Especially if War Monger Billary is in the White House. Wait and see.

  13. makati1 on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 11:06 pm 

    BTW: Those waiting for Islamic terror in the Us can contemplate the 1,000+ killings by cops last year. More then any ‘terrorist’ event in any other country. Who are the ‘terrorists’? You local police? LMAO Pass the popcorn.

  14. Plantagenet on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 11:18 pm 

    @GregT

    You are the “no brainer” who imagines that ISIS is attacking Belgium now because the US invaded Iraq 12 years ago..

    And how about the IS attacks on France—–if you weren’t such an ignoramus you’d know that France OPPOSED the invasion of Iraq in 2004—and yet ISIS attacked Charlie Hebdo a year ago and then ISIS attacked Paris again just two months ago.

    Nope—the reason that ISIS is attacking Belgium and France isn’t the invasion of Iraq 12 years ago—the reason ISIS is attacking Belgium and France is that they are aiding the US in its ongoing war against ISIS now.

    Cheers!

  15. GregT on Tue, 22nd Mar 2016 11:43 pm 

    It isn’t the least bit surprising that you cannot connect the dots planter. I would expect nothing less from you.

    The EU is the next target for destabilization. Wait and see.

  16. twocats on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 12:21 am 

    Anon, there is a part of me that thinks these are all false flag attacks, I know TPTB are monsters, but I don’t know, I think they’ve already done such a good job creating the monsters, allowing SA and Turkey to directly fund ISIS (who are of course led by former Baath soldiers that we fired), who can then chaotically attack in many more ways than false flag operations would dare. My only thought on why more attacks don’t happen in the US – too far, too big an ocean.

    I mean, getting into Turkey, that’s super easy, and then from there how hard could it be to be smuggled into Greece, Bulgaria, or even by boat to Albania or Romania? The head chef, a Serbian, at a restaurant I used to work at had fled the Serb-Croatian war into Hungary.

    Yes it would take time, but boarding a flight to the US is a lot harder.

  17. GregT on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 12:31 am 

    twocats,

    http://www.ibtimes.com/how-many-muslims-live-united-states-pew-research-center-releases-new-figures-2255657

    Rest assured. If/when another attack is needed in the US, it will happen.

  18. joe on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 2:32 am 

    When Bush invaded Iraq he not only committed a war crime, he sparked a movement in Islam, an idea, that idea proved itself as the US WITHDREW from Iraq, Al qaeda in Iraq aka Islamic State was still standing.
    The US committed the same mistakes as the British and French before. Now in the age of gl8balisation, overpopulation and declining global growth. Globalists lower borders and try to mix all the races and cultures what you get is what we see. Conflict.

  19. Ralph on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 2:57 am 

    Plant – France has been meddling in Muslim North Africa for centuries. It supported brutal secular regimes will into the 1970s and people have long memories. Brussels is the centre of admin for the EU and NATO and is an obvious target.

  20. charmcitysking on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 4:30 am 

    the US ‘withdrew’ from Iraq in the same sense that the US has followed its self-imposed oil export ban (it didn’t).

  21. Truth Has A Liberal Bias on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 5:17 am 

    What did Belgium ever do to hurt anybody? Oh I know how about the Belgian Congo.

    You reap what you sow.

    http://youtu.be/KxLFdJLSho8

  22. Davy on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 7:39 am 

    What did Montreal do to ever hurt anybody? Oh I know exterminate the local native populations. You reap what you sow. Canada is just as deserving as Belgium for wrath.

  23. makati1 on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 7:40 am 

    “ISIS Claims Responsibility For Brussels Terror Attacks That Killed Three Dozen”

    Big deal! That is the average number of deaths from traffic accidents in the Us on any given morning commute.

  24. peakyeast on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 7:49 am 

    It seems both reasonable and fitting that Belgium got attacked – they are after all a sorts of HQ for the terrorist organisation called EU and the de facto terrorist states that EU consists off: For example: Spain, UK, France, Denmark (quadrant of abomination).

    AND the EU has attacked first many times.

    My condolences for those innocent civilians that got killed. Remember to put the blame on the politicians and their geopolitical games that are responsible for these bombings.

  25. peakyeast on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 7:55 am 

    @plant: You do know that there are other terrorist attacks on the ME by the western mafias than Iraq? GregT even mentions them – but a couple of comments later you already forgot about them while writing about GregT? Thats some serious compartmentalization thats going on in your head !

    Actually this hatred goes back a looong way. That you cant remember that and doesnt feel the pain of countless friend and family members that got killed – doesnt mean that those that were there forgets anything.

  26. tita on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 10:16 am 

    Brussels Terror Attacks seems to be from the same terrorist network of the Paris attacks. The link between the arrestation of the suspect of Paris and the Brussels attacks seems pretty clear. Maybe they panicked and had to do something quickly.

    It’s not exactly something new, and it’s not gonna stop. Some people seek a cause to defend against injustice or whatever they feel is right. Actually, ISIS has quite some fame. Especially in the middle east, where terror attacks are so common that we don’t talk much about them. But the guys who made the recent attacks in France and Belgium are not syrians. They are from Europe. Okay, they went to Syria or Irak, and got their brain fucked up, and returned in Europe after… But in some point of their life, they became radicalised… they wanted to kill.

    This is the problem Europe is actually dealing with. These attacks are not war acts from ISIS. It is not really organised. It is acts of stupid guys who found in ISIS a reason to live (or die), and express blind violence. If it wasn’t ISIS, it would be something else.

  27. joe on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 11:11 am 

    Just like after France, everyone will cry and we will have ‘je suis’ whatever, then change the channel or turn on some porn or somthing. Some people get off on bloody guts you know, maybe this was a muslim orgasam.
    “Wake me when Armageddon is here”.
    Hey im gonna open a can of nuts. Want some?

  28. twocats on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 11:52 am 

    Yeah but did Canada or US import a ton of Turkish, Moroccan, Libyan, Egyptian migrants as cheap labor?

    Muslims are 1% of population in US, but 6% in Belgium. And the article explains why perhaps Belgium has been less than diligent at stamping out radical islam. I’m not condoning all of the FBI entrapment operations, but apparently some due diligence has had an effect of keeping radical Islam from gaining a strong foothold in the US.

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-23/why-belgium-ground-zero-european-jihadis

  29. malahmadi on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 12:10 pm 

    I have 3 points:
    1- I see high degree of anger and violence in the murders.The question is how did they reach to this level?

    2- I feel that ISIS are bunch of idiots.The question is who is the mastermind?

    3-Why Belgium? It is a very peaceful country with peaceful people.

  30. malahmadi on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 12:13 pm 

    correction:

    murderers not murders

  31. twocats on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 12:18 pm 

    @malahmadi – if you look at the article I posted it talks about the isolation of muslims in Belgium. Now Gatestone, which published the article is a far-right Islamophobic think tank. Doesn’t mean they aren’t making good points.

    I’m not disagreeing that Belgium is a “peaceful country with peaceful people” but it could be that very liberal attitude that is giving space to jackwads like this, right next door in the netherlands:

    http://www.thenation.com/article/sugar-mama-anti-muslim-hate/

    there has been a rise in far-right thinking from England to Germany – and Muslims are an target.

  32. twocats on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 12:20 pm 

    *easy target

  33. John Orr on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 6:14 pm 

    Might be an idea for countrIes to stop paying free money to foreign people who do nothing all day, if you have money but no job no prospects and bored you start finding other things to do such as radicalisation…soon they will go home to work wher they understand their own socities

  34. makati1 on Wed, 23rd Mar 2016 7:25 pm 

    Are we sure that these “terrorist” acts were not instigated by the Empire? The Empire wants Europe fragmented so it cannot compete and will stay subservient to Imperial dictates. It is not in the Empire’s wishes for a strong EU and Euro that might realize it does not need or want Imperial “help”.


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