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“Belgian vice PM acknowledges street celebrations following Brussels attacks,”

Crypto2015

Active Member
"THE HAGUE, Netherlands (JTA) – In the days following terrorist attacks in Brussels, street celebrations broke out in several places in Belgium, the county’s vice prime minister said.

Jan Jambon made the statement about the March 22 bombings, which killed 35 people, on Wednesday during a symposium titled “Terrorism, Israel and International Law” and organized by the Dutch anti-racism and pro-Israel lobby group CIDI, or the Center of Information and Documentation on Israel, in The Hague.

Jambon, a rightist politician, made the remark while acknowledging Belgium has a jihadism problem. One of Europe’s smallest countries, Belgium is the continent’s biggest per capita source of jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq, CNN reported. In February, Jambon revealed Belgium’s intelligence services have flagged 451 citizens as jihadists.

But, Jambon said, racial profiling of jihadists is ineffective. He also said jihadists hail from various backgrounds, “including doctors, lawyers, and common criminals,” and not only from poor environments. Only one in six jihadists comes from a poor home in Belgium, he said. Jambon urged better pan-European cooperation on terrorism.

Jambon’s statement on street celebrations follows criticism of the media’s failure to cover such events, including by the prime minister of the Flemish Region, one of the federal Belgian state’s three autonomous states. Flemish Prime Minister Geer Bourgeois said that shortly before the attacks, which are believed to have been the work of Islamic State terrorists, his region’s public broadcaster did not report on riots by Muslims. The attacks happened four days after the arrest of Salah Abdelslam, a suspected terrorist alleged to have been involved in terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris last November.

“It is, to me, highly shocking that after Abdelslam’s arrest, 200 young people of foreign origins hurled spontaneously bottles and stones on our police,” Bourgeois said. “It is regrettable that we saw nothing of these images on national television news.”

VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, said it did not report about the incident for technical reasons and not out of a desire to silence it."

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/03/b...he-brussels-jihad-massacre-media-ignored-them

What do you think?
 

Quetzal

A little to the left and slightly out of focus.
Premium Member
Oh yeah, this happened but the article offers no pictures, videos or supporting evidence? A quick google search turned up nothing (not surprising). Either provide an unbiased source or supporting evidence, or take your propaganda, prejudiced nonsense elsewhere.
 

Crypto2015

Active Member
Oh yeah, this happened but the article offers no pictures, videos or supporting evidence? A quick google search turned up nothing (not surprising). Either provide an unbiased source or supporting evidence, or take your propaganda, prejudiced nonsense elsewhere.

Why do you think the county's Vice Prime Minister would acknowledge the veracity of something that is patently false?
 

Quetzal

A little to the left and slightly out of focus.
Premium Member
Why do you think the county's Vice Prime Minister would acknowledge the veracity of something that is patently false?
You are operating under the assumption that the article is citing a reliable source. I have my doubts.
 

Quetzal

A little to the left and slightly out of focus.
Premium Member
Here you have another newspaper backing up the story:

Prominent Islamic State Supporters Celebrate Brussels Terrorist Attacks — One Widely Circulated Message Includes Chilling Warning

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...circulated-message-includes-chilling-warning/
Do you understand what "unbiased" means? Any particular reason this hasn't been covered by other, more reputable agencies yet? It may be occurring, but I am not convinced until it is supported by more credible sources.
 

Quetzal

A little to the left and slightly out of focus.
Premium Member
I am questioning two things.
  1. The credibility of your sources. Some are claiming online celebrations but others are claiming its happening in the streets. Is it both? Why haven't large, official news agencies like BBC, CNN, etc, picked this up?
  2. You have been on a bit of a crusade yourself with painting Islam in an ugly shade of red. I am curious if this is another knock or not.
If it's happening, its happening. But I have questions.
 

Crypto2015

Active Member
I am questioning two things.
  1. The credibility of your sources. Some are claiming online celebrations but others are claiming its happening in the streets. Is it both? Why haven't large, official news agencies like BBC, CNN, etc, picked this up?
  2. You have been on a bit of a crusade yourself with painting Islam in an ugly shade of red. I am curious if this is another knock or not.
If it's happening, its happening. But I have questions.

Don't believe it if you don't want to. I didn't write the articles.
 

Quetzal

A little to the left and slightly out of focus.
Premium Member
Don't believe it if you don't want to. I didn't write the articles.
You asked me what I thought, I think the articles are heavily biased and are looking to pushing animosity and division to sell website hits. I am hopeful that in the future you don't succumb to such things and find more credible sources for future discussions.
 

Crypto2015

Active Member
You asked me what I thought, I think the articles are heavily biased and are looking to pushing animosity and division to sell website hits. I am hopeful that in the future you don't succumb to such things and find more credible sources for future discussions.

I believe in these articles because I have seen this kind of things with my own eyes. I have no pictures, though. However, I know what I have seen.
 

Flankerl

Well-Known Member
And another one

'How do you teach?' Muslim children 'celebrate' after hearing of Brussels attacks in class

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/655135/Man-says-Muslims-celebrate-Brussels-attacks

F-F-Fake. Dude is a Yoga Instructor. Has been known since the day the attacks happened.



  • The credibility of your sources. Some are claiming online celebrations but others are claiming its happening in the streets. Is it both? Why haven't large, official news agencies like BBC, CNN, etc, picked this up?

Well this is happening, but big media doesn't pick it up for well... obvious reasons.

Same reason the stuff that happened on Corsica a while ago was not really picked up by the big media.
Muslims on Corsica called the fire department about a fire, except there was no fire. When the firemen arrived they were greeted by rocks thrown by *ahem* "youth"(its the European codeword for Muslim gangs, everyone knows it which is why the codeword has no real value anymore). This annoyed the Corsicans a bit, so for three days the Muslims wouldn't leave their homes due to... well enraged Corsicans.
But on the news that wasn't really conveyed.


You have been on a bit of a crusade yourself with painting Islam in an ugly shade of red. I am curious if this is another knock or not.

Of course he is. Which is why his threads mean pretty much nothing.
 

Quetzal

A little to the left and slightly out of focus.
Premium Member
I paint Islam with an ugly shade of red? LOL. I thought the Jihadists were the ones who were doing that.
Based on other posts of yours that I have seen, you have a very difficult time differentiating between Jihadists/extremists and the everyday Muslim practitioner. I hope I am wrong.
 
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