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| − | |description=A terrorist attack in Brussels involving 3 explosions which reportedly killed more than 30 people and injured hundreds more. Responsibility for the attack was immediately attributed to [[ISIS]] by the {{ccm}}, clearly assuming the | + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Brussels_bombings |
| + | |description=A terrorist attack in Brussels involving 3 explosions which reportedly killed more than 30 people and injured hundreds more. Responsibility for the attack was immediately attributed to [[ISIS]] by the {{ccm}}, clearly assuming the people are still buying this "Muslim suicide bomber" {{ON}} | ||
|type=Suicide attack, mass murder, bomb attack | |type=Suicide attack, mass murder, bomb attack | ||
|start=2016/03/22 | |start=2016/03/22 | ||
|end=2016/03/22 | |end=2016/03/22 | ||
| − | |constitutes=deep event | + | |constitutes=Bombing, Suicide attack, mass murder, Operation Gladio B, Mid-level deep event? |
| − | |locations=Brussels Airport | + | |locations=Brussels Airport, Maelbeek metro station, Brussels, Belgium |
| + | |predecessors=2015-11 Paris attacks | ||
|ON_perpetrators=ISIS | |ON_perpetrators=ISIS | ||
| + | |ON_Constitutes=Bombing, terrorism, suicide attack | ||
|image=Brussels_bombers.jpg | |image=Brussels_bombers.jpg | ||
|image_width=240px | |image_width=240px | ||
| − | |image_caption=Three Zaventem suspects: two suicide bombers were named as [[Ibrahim el-Bakraoui]] | + | |image_caption=Three alleged Zaventem suspects: two 'suicide bombers' were named as [[Ibrahim el-Bakraoui]] and [[Najim Laachraoui]]. Third suspect [[Mohamed Abrini]] (right) was arrested on 9 April 2016.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/08/europe/brussels-attack-arrests/ "Paris terror suspect Mohamed Abrini arrested in Belgium"]</ref> |
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|title=Mass murder in Brussels | |title=Mass murder in Brussels | ||
| − | |fatalities= | + | |fatalities=35 |
| − | |injuries= | + | |injuries=261 |
|latitude=50°54′05″N | |latitude=50°54′05″N | ||
|longitude=4°29′04″E | |longitude=4°29′04″E | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | On | + | On 22 March 2016, '''three attacks were carried out in [[Brussels]]''' which were even more deadly than the [[Operation Gladio]]-linked [[Brabant Massacres]] of the 1980s. These occurred four months after the [[Mass murder in Paris]],<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/brussels-attacks-show-how-global-terror-networks-act-local "Brussels attacks: were they revenge for Abdeslam's arrest?"]</ref> |
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| + | ==Official narrative== | ||
| + | On the morning of 22 March 2016, explosions occurred at Brussels main airport in [[Zaventem]] and one at [[Maelbeek]] metro station in the centre of [[Brussels]]. [[Suicide bomber]] [[Khalid el-Bakraoui]] was quickly identified.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/mar/23/brussels-attacks-police-search-airport-bomb-suspect-live "Brussels attacks: el-Bakraoui brothers 'named as suicide bombers'"]</ref> Not including the perpetrators, 35 people were killed and 261 others injured. An assault rifle and a third bomb were found in a search of the airport.<ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/654528/Terrorism-fears-after-explosion-Brussels-airport "Manhunt for Brussels bomber in white as ISIS warn of 'dark days'"]</ref> The [[Islamic State]] claimed responsibility for the attacks,<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/mar/22/brussels-airport-explosions-live-updates "Brussels attacks: Isis flag and nail bomb found in raid"]</ref> based on information emanating from social media. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Concerns== | ||
| + | The late [[Ezra Harel]]'s private security firm [[ICTS]] were in charge of security at Brussels airport, a firm which has been in charge of security at a number of key airports.<ref>http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/ICTS.html</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Target selection=== | ||
| + | The choice of a soft target suggests that the attack may be a [[false flag]] under [[Operation Gladio/B]] intended to shape public opinion. If [[NATO]] had been the target, then those responsible might have chosen a harder military target such as the nearby NATO headquarters. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Presence of Soldiers=== | ||
| + | An eyewitness airport worker [[Tom Donker]] reports seeing a soldier at the bomb scene ready to deal with the dead and injured bodies.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7TPz_n-tc0</ref> No official announcement of an ongoing drill going has been made. | ||
| − | + | ===Misinformation=== | |
| − | == | + | [[CNN]] broadcast [[CCTV]] footage, stating that it was from inside Maelbeek Metro station, but it was shown by ''[[The Independent]]'' to be from the [[2011 Minsk Metro bombing]].<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brussels-metro-attack-video-cctv-explosion-minsk-2011-a6947801.html</ref> |
| − | + | ||
| + | ===Responsibility=== | ||
| + | A previously unknown self-proclaimed ''"news agency"'' (Amaq Agency) - claiming to represent [[ISIS]] and whose website has no content dated earlier than 4 March 2016, provided the following report: | ||
{{QB|'''Brussels – Amaq Agency:''' Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices on Tuesday, targeting an airport and a central metro station in the center of the Belgian capital Brussels, a country participating in the international coalition against the Islamic State. | {{QB|'''Brussels – Amaq Agency:''' Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices on Tuesday, targeting an airport and a central metro station in the center of the Belgian capital Brussels, a country participating in the international coalition against the Islamic State. | ||
Islamic State fighters opened fire inside Zaventem Airport, before several of them detonated their explosive belts, as a martyrdom bomber detonated his explosive belt in the Maalbeek metro station. The attacks resulted in more than 230 dead and wounded.<ref>[https://amaqagency.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/bombings-carried-out-by-islamic-state-fighters-hit-belgiums-capital-brussels/ "Bombings Carried out by Islamic State Fighters Hit Belgium’s Capital Brussels"] - Amaq Agency 22 March 2016</ref> | Islamic State fighters opened fire inside Zaventem Airport, before several of them detonated their explosive belts, as a martyrdom bomber detonated his explosive belt in the Maalbeek metro station. The attacks resulted in more than 230 dead and wounded.<ref>[https://amaqagency.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/bombings-carried-out-by-islamic-state-fighters-hit-belgiums-capital-brussels/ "Bombings Carried out by Islamic State Fighters Hit Belgium’s Capital Brussels"] - Amaq Agency 22 March 2016</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
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| − | == | + | Apparently well organised social media campaigns have spreading have deliberate disinformation about Brussels Attacks, implying a wider orchestrated attempt to control the narrative, in short, a propaganda campaign. But by whom? Who controls the Amaq Agency site which is hosted on a free account provided by Wordpress? The answer to that question is important because the site appears to be the earliest and primary source of subsequent {{ccm}} claims of [[ISIS]] responsibility for the attacks. |
| − | + | ||
| − | < | + | ===Reporting=== |
| − | + | Belgian [[authorities]] claims were uncritically reported by {{ccm}}. Young reporters in Brussels regularly presented police or other official statements as 'fact', failing to question the official narrative and failing to attribute assertions to whichever agency they've got them from, mixing up fact with speculation. Nothing was said about [[Operation Gladio]].<ref>[http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/85845 BCfm Politics Show 25th March 2016]</ref> Western media coverage of Brussels was extensive, as compared to the [[Saudi Arabian]] bombing raid a on a market place in Yemen where 80 people were killed the week before. | |
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| − | [[ | + | ==Operation Gladio/B== |
| − | [[ | + | {{FA|Operation Gladio/B}} |
| − | " | + | On the day of the Brussels attacks, ''Sott.net'' published an article suggesting they could have been a [[Operation Gladio/B|Gladio/B]] operation, opining that "One has to wonder then how closely the Pentagon's [[Cold War]] strategy is being followed today, and if it involves similar [[False flag|false-flag]] terror attacks against the civilian population of Europe in order to create a climate of insecurity under which more authoritarian policies can be imposed on the public. One also has to wonder about the strange coincidence of [[Turkey]]'s President [[Tayyip Erdogan]] warning just a few days ago that 'there is no reason why the bomb that exploded in [[Ankara]] [on 12 March 2016] could not explode in Brussels.'"<ref>[[Document:Who is Bombing European Civilians?]]</ref> |
| + | |||
| + | The increasing number of supposed [[suicide bomber]] attacks in Western Europe which closely follow the script of [[Operation Gladio/B]] has lead [[Sibel Edmonds]], [[James Corbett]] and others to suggest that the Brussels attacks might well be another act of [[false flag]] terror as part of a [[strategy of tension]] designed to promote [[fear]] and prevent the public from understanding their [[government]]s true role in the world.<ref>[https://www.corbettreport.com/sibel-edmonds-shines-a-light-on-the-brussels-attacks-video/ "Sibel Edmonds Shines A Light on the Brussels Attacks"] (video)</ref><ref>https://www.corbettreport.com/brussels-is-a-hub-for-nato-terrorism/ </ref> | ||
| − | + | Former Belgian Member of Parliament [[Laurent Louis]] has suggested that the [[intelligence agencies]] may have been involved in carrying out the March 2016 Brussels bombings.<ref>http://aanirfan.blogspot.com/2016/01/terrorists-exposed.html</ref> | |
| − | + | ==Responses== | |
| + | Belgian anti-terror police appeared, unidentifiable, and dressed in balaclavas. | ||
| − | " | + | Someone{{who}} declared three days of national mourning in Belgium.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-35869266 "Brussels attacks: Latest updates from the BBC"]</ref> |
| − | + | There was immediate pressure for European intelligence services to relinquish sovereignty in 'intelligence sharing' agreements.{{cn}} | |
| − | + | ===Tony Blair=== | |
| + | A week after the [[Mass murder in Brussels|Brussels attacks]], former British prime minister [[Tony Blair]] called for Britain to step up military action to “crush” [[ISIS]] or be faced with a terrorist “act of such size and horror” that it will result in “many more victims” than the atrocities in Brussels and [[Mass murder in Paris|Paris]]. Accused by some of scaremongering, and echoing the views of US presidential hopeful [[Donald Trump]], Blair wrote in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'': | ||
| + | :“ISIS has to be eliminated with greater speed and vigour. Where they need active on-the-ground military support from us, we should give it. They have to be crushed.”<ref>[http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article1682498.ece "Blair: crush Isis or horror will intensify"]</ref> | ||
| − | + | ===European Commissioner for the Security Union=== | |
| + | The post of [[European Commissioner for the Security Union]] was created after a speech by [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] in the aftermath of the bombing.<ref>https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2016/03/24/european-commission-president-calls-for-security-union/</ref> | ||
| − | + | ==Follow up== | |
| + | Echoing the [[Charlie Hebdo]] event, a follow up march was planned. | ||
| − | " | + | ===March Against Fear=== |
| + | {{FA|March Against Fear}} | ||
| + | [[File:March_Against_Fear.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Brussels ''March Against Fear'' on Easter Sunday cancelled because the Belgian authorities and police had "security fears"]] | ||
| + | The organisers of a ''[[March Against Fear]]'' planned for Sunday, 27 March 2016 to mark the Brussels terror attacks said they had cancelled the event after the Belgian authorities asked them to do so because of security fears and to allow the police to concentrate their resources on the investigation into the attacks: | ||
| + | :“We understand this request. The security of our citizens is an absolute priority. We join the authorities in proposing a delay and ask people not to come this Sunday,” the organisers said in a statement on Easter Saturday. | ||
| − | " | + | On the ''[[Activist Post]]'' website, [[Bernie Suarez]] commented: |
| + | :"Is everyone taking note on how the false flag script is developing? Apparently staged attacks that take place in Europe are followed up by these weird 'anti-fear' marches which only serve to bring more attention to the false flag event and 'state-sponsored terrorism'. It’s all part of the terrorism propaganda, fear and social engineering that the state is exerting over the masses on their road to their new global order. The irony of seeing the ''March Against Fear'' cancelled by 'fear' itself only goes to show that there is nothing genuine and organic about this effort. It also shows us that the state, not the people, is controlling these events."<ref>[http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/march-against-fear-in-brussels-canceled-due-to-security-fears.html "Staged 'March Against Fear' In Brussels Cancelled Due To … 'Security FEARS'"]</ref> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:20, 5 December 2021
 Three alleged Zaventem suspects: two 'suicide bombers' were named as Ibrahim el-Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui. Third suspect Mohamed Abrini (right) was arrested on 9 April 2016.[1] | |
| Date | 2016/03/22 |
|---|---|
| Location | Brussels Airport, Maelbeek metro station, Brussels, Belgium |
| Blamed on | ISIS |
| Type | •  Suicide attack• mass murder •  bomb attack |
| Deaths | 35 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 261 |
| Subpage | •2016 Brussels Bombing/Media manipulation |
| Description | A terrorist attack in Brussels involving 3 explosions which reportedly killed more than 30 people and injured hundreds more. Responsibility for the attack was immediately attributed to ISIS by the commercially-controlled media, clearly assuming the people are still buying this "Muslim suicide bomber" Official Narrative |
On 22 March 2016, three attacks were carried out in Brussels which were even more deadly than the Operation Gladio-linked Brabant Massacres of the 1980s. These occurred four months after the Mass murder in Paris,[2]
Contents
Official narrative
On the morning of 22 March 2016, explosions occurred at Brussels main airport in Zaventem and one at Maelbeek metro station in the centre of Brussels. Suicide bomber Khalid el-Bakraoui was quickly identified.[3] Not including the perpetrators, 35 people were killed and 261 others injured. An assault rifle and a third bomb were found in a search of the airport.[4] The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks,[5] based on information emanating from social media.
Concerns
The late Ezra Harel's private security firm ICTS were in charge of security at Brussels airport, a firm which has been in charge of security at a number of key airports.[6]
Target selection
The choice of a soft target suggests that the attack may be a false flag under Operation Gladio/B intended to shape public opinion. If NATO had been the target, then those responsible might have chosen a harder military target such as the nearby NATO headquarters.
Presence of Soldiers
An eyewitness airport worker Tom Donker reports seeing a soldier at the bomb scene ready to deal with the dead and injured bodies.[7] No official announcement of an ongoing drill going has been made.
Misinformation
CNN broadcast CCTV footage, stating that it was from inside Maelbeek Metro station, but it was shown by The Independent to be from the 2011 Minsk Metro bombing.[8]
Responsibility
A previously unknown self-proclaimed "news agency" (Amaq Agency) - claiming to represent ISIS and whose website has no content dated earlier than 4 March 2016, provided the following report:
Brussels – Amaq Agency: Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices on Tuesday, targeting an airport and a central metro station in the center of the Belgian capital Brussels, a country participating in the international coalition against the Islamic State.
Islamic State fighters opened fire inside Zaventem Airport, before several of them detonated their explosive belts, as a martyrdom bomber detonated his explosive belt in the Maalbeek metro station. The attacks resulted in more than 230 dead and wounded.[9]
Apparently well organised social media campaigns have spreading have deliberate disinformation about Brussels Attacks, implying a wider orchestrated attempt to control the narrative, in short, a propaganda campaign. But by whom? Who controls the Amaq Agency site which is hosted on a free account provided by Wordpress? The answer to that question is important because the site appears to be the earliest and primary source of subsequent commercially-controlled media claims of ISIS responsibility for the attacks.
Reporting
Belgian authorities claims were uncritically reported by commercially-controlled media. Young reporters in Brussels regularly presented police or other official statements as 'fact', failing to question the official narrative and failing to attribute assertions to whichever agency they've got them from, mixing up fact with speculation. Nothing was said about Operation Gladio.[10] Western media coverage of Brussels was extensive, as compared to the Saudi Arabian bombing raid a on a market place in Yemen where 80 people were killed the week before.
Operation Gladio/B
- Full article:
Operation Gladio/B
- Full article:
On the day of the Brussels attacks, Sott.net published an article suggesting they could have been a Gladio/B operation, opining that "One has to wonder then how closely the Pentagon's Cold War strategy is being followed today, and if it involves similar false-flag terror attacks against the civilian population of Europe in order to create a climate of insecurity under which more authoritarian policies can be imposed on the public. One also has to wonder about the strange coincidence of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan warning just a few days ago that 'there is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara [on 12 March 2016] could not explode in Brussels.'"[11]
The increasing number of supposed suicide bomber attacks in Western Europe which closely follow the script of Operation Gladio/B has lead Sibel Edmonds, James Corbett and others to suggest that the Brussels attacks might well be another act of false flag terror as part of a strategy of tension designed to promote fear and prevent the public from understanding their governments true role in the world.[12][13]
Former Belgian Member of Parliament Laurent Louis has suggested that the intelligence agencies may have been involved in carrying out the March 2016 Brussels bombings.[14]
Responses
Belgian anti-terror police appeared, unidentifiable, and dressed in balaclavas.
Someone[Who?] declared three days of national mourning in Belgium.[15]
There was immediate pressure for European intelligence services to relinquish sovereignty in 'intelligence sharing' agreements.[citation needed]
Tony Blair
A week after the Brussels attacks, former British prime minister Tony Blair called for Britain to step up military action to “crush” ISIS or be faced with a terrorist “act of such size and horror” that it will result in “many more victims” than the atrocities in Brussels and Paris. Accused by some of scaremongering, and echoing the views of US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, Blair wrote in The Sunday Times:
- “ISIS has to be eliminated with greater speed and vigour. Where they need active on-the-ground military support from us, we should give it. They have to be crushed.”[16]
European Commissioner for the Security Union
The post of European Commissioner for the Security Union was created after a speech by Jean-Claude Juncker in the aftermath of the bombing.[17]
Follow up
Echoing the Charlie Hebdo event, a follow up march was planned.
March Against Fear
- Full article: March Against Fear
- Full article: March Against Fear
The organisers of a March Against Fear planned for Sunday, 27 March 2016 to mark the Brussels terror attacks said they had cancelled the event after the Belgian authorities asked them to do so because of security fears and to allow the police to concentrate their resources on the investigation into the attacks:
- “We understand this request. The security of our citizens is an absolute priority. We join the authorities in proposing a delay and ask people not to come this Sunday,” the organisers said in a statement on Easter Saturday.
On the Activist Post website, Bernie Suarez commented:
- "Is everyone taking note on how the false flag script is developing? Apparently staged attacks that take place in Europe are followed up by these weird 'anti-fear' marches which only serve to bring more attention to the false flag event and 'state-sponsored terrorism'. It’s all part of the terrorism propaganda, fear and social engineering that the state is exerting over the masses on their road to their new global order. The irony of seeing the March Against Fear cancelled by 'fear' itself only goes to show that there is nothing genuine and organic about this effort. It also shows us that the state, not the people, is controlling these events."[18]
External links
- Brussels Bombing: The True Implications of ISIS Links - Tony Cartalucci. Land Destroyer Report 22 March 2016
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:A lesson from Brussels we refuse to learn | article | 24 March 2016 | Jonathan Cook | Commentary on the shortcomings of a Simon Jenkins article on the Mass murder in Brussels |
| Document:Brussels Attack: Another Chapter in NATO's Gladio Strategy? | article | 27 March 2016 | Wayne Madsen | Analysis of the 2016 Brussels Bombing from an experienced terror-sceptic. |
| Document:Terror Theatre | article | 26 March 2016 | Jay Dyer | Compelling analysis of the nature of the Brussels attacks of 22 March 2016 |
| Document:The scariest thing about Brussels is our reaction to it | article | 24 March 2016 | Simon Jenkins | Absurd over-reaction to terrorist attacks in the west in general and the Mass murder in Brussels in particular, is EXACTLY what the those responsible for the attacks want and expect. |
| Document:Who is Bombing European Civilians? | article | 22 March 2016 | Sott.net | Sharp questioning of precisely who is responsible for attacks on civilians in Europe |
The Official Culprit
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Islamic State | An "Islamic fundamentalist terrorist" organisation which whistleblower Sibel Edmonds links to Operation Gladio/B and succinctly describes as a re-branding of al-Qaeda. |
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References
- ↑ "Paris terror suspect Mohamed Abrini arrested in Belgium"
- ↑ "Brussels attacks: were they revenge for Abdeslam's arrest?"
- ↑ "Brussels attacks: el-Bakraoui brothers 'named as suicide bombers'"
- ↑ "Manhunt for Brussels bomber in white as ISIS warn of 'dark days'"
- ↑ "Brussels attacks: Isis flag and nail bomb found in raid"
- ↑ http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/ICTS.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7TPz_n-tc0
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brussels-metro-attack-video-cctv-explosion-minsk-2011-a6947801.html
- ↑ "Bombings Carried out by Islamic State Fighters Hit Belgium’s Capital Brussels" - Amaq Agency 22 March 2016
- ↑ BCfm Politics Show 25th March 2016
- ↑ Document:Who is Bombing European Civilians?
- ↑ "Sibel Edmonds Shines A Light on the Brussels Attacks" (video)
- ↑ https://www.corbettreport.com/brussels-is-a-hub-for-nato-terrorism/
- ↑ http://aanirfan.blogspot.com/2016/01/terrorists-exposed.html
- ↑ "Brussels attacks: Latest updates from the BBC"
- ↑ "Blair: crush Isis or horror will intensify"
- ↑ https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2016/03/24/european-commission-president-calls-for-security-union/
- ↑ "Staged 'March Against Fear' In Brussels Cancelled Due To … 'Security FEARS'"
