Brussels Ignored Warning From Turkey About Terrorists

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 

[From article]
Belgian officials ignored warnings last June that one of the brothers suspected of blowing himself up in Tuesday’s deadly Brussels attacks was a terrorist, Turkey's president said Wednesday.
Ibrahim El-Bakraoui, a petty criminal born and raised in Brussels and suspected of being the bomber who blew himself up at Zaventem Airport, killing at least 11, was nabbed crossing into Turkey from Syria nine months ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. Turkish officials said they told their counterparts in Brussels of his likely involvement with ISIS, which has claimed credit for Tuesday’s attacks.
A Turkish official said Dutch authorities allowed Bakraoui to go free because Belgian authorities could not establish any ties to terrorism.
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Bakraoui was reportedly deported back to Europe, choosing to go to The Netherlands before making his way back to Brussels. Police who raided his apartment Tuesday found a note left by the Islamic fanatic in which he said he wrote of his desperation.
"I don't know what to do. I'm looked for everywhere and I might even find myself in a jail cell," read a portion of the letter, recited by Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw at a Wednesday news conference.
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Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders told reporters Sunday, two days before the attacks, that Abdeslam told Belgian authorities "he was ready to restart something from Brussels."
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More than 470 people have left the tiny European country to become foreign fighters as of Octber 2015. That's fourth in Western Europe overall, but first in fighters per capita. At least 118 of those 470 have returned, according to the Soufan Group analysis.

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Turkey says Belgium ignored warning about jihadi bomber
Published March 23, 2016

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[From article]
The security services knew, with a high degree of certainty, that attacks were planned in the very near future for the airport and, apparently, for the subway as well.
Despite the advance warning, the intelligence and security preparedness in Brussels, where most of the European Union agencies are located, was limited in its scope and insufficient for the severity and immediacy of the alert.
As far as is known, the attacks were planned by the headquarters of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Raqqa, Syria, which it has pronounced as the capital of its Islamic caliphate.

http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/1.710572

EXCLUSIVE: Belgian Intelligence Had Precise Warning That Airport Targeted for Bombing
Attack in subway likely also known in advance by Belgian and Western agencies; attack plan was formulated at de-facto ISIS capital of Raqqa, in Syria.
Amos Harel

Mar 23, 2016 6:10 PM

Tips For Civilians To Protect Community From Terrorism

If you see or notice any of the below or additional suspicious activities, please contact the local authorities immediately. Remember, you can do so anonymously.  Here are a few more national security tips on what to look for, as well as a few important reminders: Unusual clothing in a particular setting. If you live in a warm state such as Florida or Arizona and see someone dressed in an overcoat or unusual clothing for the season and the place, they may be hiding or packing explosives or a suicide belt. Report anyone appearing unusual to the authorities immediately. Backpacks, bags, and luggage left unattended. Be aware if a person strategically places and leaves a bag. Unusual activity in or around your neighborhood. (You know best!) The signs you heard about in the news in connection with the San Bernardino attack is the perfect example. Take note of a person taking pictures or recording of a building’s side doors, loading dock, cameras and back alley. This includes any sporting event, concert, stadium or arena. Always trust your instincts We cannot emphasize this point enough. Better safe than sorry. If you strongly feel uncomfortable about a situation or a person, please do not hesitate to call the authorities and bring it to their attention. This is critical. You can send information to authorities anonymously.  If you do see suspicious behavior, do not confront the individuals involved. Take note of the details and remember “Salute”: S – Size (Jot down the number of people, gender, ages, and physical descriptions) A – Activity (Describe exactly what they are doing) L – Location (Provide exact location) U – Uniform (Describe what they are wearing, including shoes) T – Time (Provide date, time, and duration of activity) E – Equipment (Describe vehicle, make, color etc., license plate, camera, guns, etc) Suspicious activity is often recalled after an event. We must train ourselves to be on the lookout for things that are out of the ordinary and arouse suspicions. Staying alert is NOT about becoming paranoid. Staying alert is being aware of one’s surroundings. Be alert to indications of possible trouble. Stay tuned to ACT for America, the nation’s largest national security-focused grassroots advocacy organization, as we continue with our#OpenEyesSaveLives campaign. Political correctness is costing lives. Help us keep Americans alert and safe! We need you. America needs you. Be the eyes and ears America needs to help keep our country safe. YOU can be the difference. The “Open Eyes, Save Lives” campaign from ACT for America is more important today than ever before, but we need your help! Please help save lives. Please forward this e-mail to everyone you know.   Stay tuned for more specific tips, reminders, and articles on what to look out for regarding national security in our #OpenEyesSaveLives email series. You do NOT want to miss these! Always devoted,

New Year's Gratitude To Al Sharpton

In between Eric "White People Are Cowards" Holder and Al "The FBI Loves Me" Sharpton is Harvard University School of Law's former Dean and now Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Elena Kagan


[From article]
Thursday
Call it “Obama’s Paradox.” A young hopped-up black man in Ferguson robs a store and then tries to kill a policeman. The policeman defends himself and the young man dies. The media go crazy. Black agitators like the most loathsome being on the planet (just IMHO), Al Sharpton, appear on TV insulting the police and the entire white population of America (just IMHO). Black criminals riot. The President seemingly takes their side against the police.
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the Democrats start looking like the fools who touched the third rail of American politics. That third rail is not Social Security any longer: It is race baiting and an unmerited, unwarranted attack on the most racially generous people in the world: white Americans. When the President and that creature de Blasio call them racist pigs and then mutter stupid platitudes when two of the police get killed as explicit race terrorism, the third rail has been not just touched but embraced.
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Meanwhile, Happy New Year to Al Sharpton, best friend the Republican Party has had since Reagan.
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Thank you, Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Sharpton, for clearing up the picture and letting us know which side we are on. In your own way, Mr. Sharpton, you are doing a great service.

http://spectator.org/articles/61359/happy-new-year-al-sharpton

BEN STEIN'S DIARY
HAPPY NEW YEAR, AL SHARPTON
He’s performed a great service for the rest of us.
By Ben Stein
1.1.15

Police On Alert For More Attacks

[From article]
Big-city police departments and union leaders around the country are warning the rank and file to wear bulletproof vests and avoid making inflammatory posts on social media in the days after a man ambushed two officers and shot them to death inside their patrol car.
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After the officers’ killings, a union-generated message at the 35,000-officer NYPD warned officers that they should respond to every radio call with two cars — “no matter what the opinion of the patrol supervisor” — and not make arrests “unless absolutely necessary.” The president of the detectives union told members in a letter to work in threes when out on the street, wear bulletproof vests and keep aware of their surroundings.
Another directive warned officers in Newark, New Jersey, not to patrol alone and to avoid people looking for confrontations. At the same time, a memo from an NYPD chief asked officers to limit their comments “via all venues, including social media, to expressions of sorrow and condolence.”

http://www.breitbart.com/news/police-departments-on-alert-after-cop-killings/

POLICE DEPARTMENTS ON ALERT AFTER COP KILLINGS
by AP
21 Dec 2014

Massachusetts Ranks Poorly in Survey of Helping Neighbors

"the study ranked Massachusetts 46th among Americans who self-reported helping their neighbors at least a few times a week." In Massachsuetts, especially in Cambridge, individuals are discouraged from helping neighbors. Competition rules in university dominated towns. Taxpayer funded human services agencies whose mission is to help vulnerable citizens do not respond to requests for help. Police determine who gets help and who they are allowed to abuse directly or by employing criminal surrogates. Much of the abuse is done by the local equivalent of James Bulger (on trial in Boston US Court for 19 homicides while working as an) FBI informant. He murdered civilians who dared to complain about his crimes to the FBI. In Cambridge local police agencies run their own teams of (crime family) sociopaths who attack vulnerable citizens on behalf of police and as favors to police patrons. This is surprising to transients at the universities who come and go. They know little of what transpires among government agencies and their college clown campus cops.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/2/11/iop-civic-engagement-voting/

IOP Rates Massachusetts Civic Engagement
By David Song,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
Published: Saturday, February 11, 2012

Six-Year-Old Girl Kidnapped, Freed

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110817/ap_on_re_us/us_thwarted_abduction

Police: NM kidnapper thwarted by alert neighbor
By JERI CLAUSING,
Associated Press
August 16, 2011