March 22, 201610 yr Explosions confirmed at Brussels airport, early reports of at least 13 dead. Belgian authorities captured a mastermind of the Paris attacks a few days ago and he supposedly was talking, have to think this is somehow connected.
March 22, 201610 yr Author Suicide blasts at American Airlines check in counter. 90 minutes later a bomb went off at a Metro station near the EU. 26 reported dead. Many of the Paris attackers were based in Brussels so they had been on high alert since then
March 22, 201610 yr When they arrested the Paris mastermind, there were protests and riots going vs the people making the arrest. That was scary. Guess ISIS really isn't happy they got Europe's most wanted man.
March 22, 201610 yr Does anybody think that the more recent attacks in Europe are because better security has made attacks in the US more difficult, or is ISIS just targeting Europe for other reasons?
March 22, 201610 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 07:00 AM) Does anybody think that the more recent attacks in Europe are because better security has made attacks in the US more difficult, or is ISIS just targeting Europe for other reasons? Europe is just an easier target. Closer to ISIS strongholds and people can easily move around countries in Europe.
March 22, 201610 yr Author QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 07:00 AM) Does anybody think that the more recent attacks in Europe are because better security has made attacks in the US more difficult, or is ISIS just targeting Europe for other reasons? A lot of the people involved with the Paris attacks were French/Belgian nationals who were born there so that would make it a lot easier for them to set up shop in Europe than in the US.
March 22, 201610 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 07:00 AM) Does anybody think that the more recent attacks in Europe are because better security has made attacks in the US more difficult, or is ISIS just targeting Europe for other reasons? Its so much easier to get to those targets than it is to get over here.
March 22, 201610 yr Ugh, heard about this from my friend in Lux. Every time I go to a European airport I always thought seeing the soldiers with machine guns was overkill, guess that isn't much of a deterrent.
March 22, 201610 yr Author QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 06:40 AM) When they arrested the Paris mastermind, there were protests and riots going vs the people making the arrest. That was scary. Guess ISIS really isn't happy they got Europe's most wanted man. Or they were worried that he would rat them out and give up info, so they sped up their plans.
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