Brussels connection under spotlight after Paris killings

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Series Details 15.11.15
Publication Date 15/11/2015
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Features discussing how people with a connection to Belgium have been implicated in a number of international terrorist incidents over the past decade. Why should Belgium and, in particular, the district of Molenbeek in Brussels seem to be a hotspot of terrorist-related plots. Belgium's Interior Minister Jan Jambon said on the 15 November 2015 that the authorities had lost control over this area of the EU capital.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/brussels-connection-under-spotlight-after-paris-killings-319492
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ESO: Background information: Letter to President François Hollande of France from European Council President Donald Tusk on the attacks in Paris / Joint statement of the Heads of State or Government and leaders of the European Union and its institutions on the terrorist attacks in Paris http://www.europeansources.info/record/countries-rethink-commitments-to-accept-refugees/
Politico, 15.11.15: Why Brussels is a terrorism hotspot http://www.politico.eu/article/why-is-brussels-terrorism-hot-spot-molenbeek-paris-attacks/
ESO: Background information: Belgium must do more to prevent its citizens from joining Islamic State http://www.europeansources.info/record/belgium-must-do-more-to-prevent-its-citizens-from-joining-islamic-state/
Deutsche Welle, 15.11.15: Belgium issues arrest warrant for Paris suspect http://dw.com/p/1H6GT
Politico, 16.11.15: The Belgian radicals’ den http://www.politico.eu/article/molenbeek-a-terrorists-den/
Spiegel Online International, 16.11.15: The Brussels Connection: Why Belgium Keeps Popping Up in Terror Attacks http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/why-belgium-keeps-popping-up-in-terror-attacks-a-1062961.html
Flanders Today, 15.11.15: Man from Brussels planned Paris terrorist attacks http://www.flanderstoday.eu/politics/man-brussels-planned-paris-terrorist-attacks
The Guardian, 15.11.15: Molenbeek: the Brussels borough becoming known as Europe's jihadi central http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/15/molenbeek-the-brussels-borough-in-the-spotlight-after-paris-attacks
EUObserver, 16.11.15: Belgian police hunt Paris suspect in Brussels neighbourhood https://euobserver.com/justice/131133
Euro|Topics: Main Focus, 17.11.15: Counterterrorism raids in Molenbeek http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/archiv_dossier/DOSSIER173389-Counterterrorism-raids-in-Molenbeek
Flanders Today, 16.11.15: Fifth column: Why Molenbeek? http://www.flanderstoday.eu/politics/fifth-column-why-molenbeek
Deutsche Welle, 17.11.15: Molenbeek's notoriety as terror hub precedes it http://dw.com/p/1H6vO
BBC News, 16.11.15: Paris attacks: The Belgian connection http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34830703
Politico, 18.11.15: The Belgian intelligence gap http://www.politico.eu/article/two-paris-attackers-were-questioned-freed-this-year-isil-terrorism-attacks/
EUObserver, 18.11.15: Molenbeek locals counter 'terrorist image' with vigil https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/131153
The Guardian, 17.11.15: [Opinion]: Why are terrorists drawn to Belgium? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/17/terrorists-belgium-paris-attacks
Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 18.11.15: There is no ‘Belgian problem’ with radical Islam – only a European one http://bit.ly/1l3ptqI
Politico, 19.11.15: [Opinion]: Belgium is a failed state http://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-failed-state-security-services-molenbeek-terrorism/
Politico, 18.11.15: The 12 people and ideas that ruined Molenbeek http://www.politico.eu/article/attack-on-paris-molenbeek-dirty-dozen/
Politico, 21.11.15: [Opinion]: Molenbeek broke my heart http://www.politico.eu/article/molenbeek-broke-my-heart-radicalization-suburb-brussels-gentrification/
Spiegel Online International, 17.11.15: Bad Brussels' Sprouts: Belgium Has Become Center of European Terror http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/belgium-has-become-a-center-of-european-terror-a-1063258.html
The Conversation, 23.11.15: What is it about Molenbeek? The bit of Belgium that was a base for Paris terror attacks https://theconversation.com/what-is-it-about-molenbeek-the-bit-of-belgium-that-was-a-base-for-paris-terror-attacks-51007

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