Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Belgian raids

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Series Details 12.12.08
Publication Date 12/12/2008
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Belgian police arrested 14 suspected members of al-Qaeda on the 11 December 2008, on the eve of the European Union Council summit in Brussels. The arrests, following raids on 16 houses in the Belgian capital and one in the eastern city of Liège, include a Belgian national suspected of preparing for a suicide attack.

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Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 11.12.08: Police arrest "Belgian branch of al-Qaeda" http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/europe/081211-al-qaeda-belgium
BBC News, 12.12.08: Belgium detains al-Qaeda suspects http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7777312.stm

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