Belgian soldiers and police officers on patrol Tuesday in central Brussels. Credit Benoit Tessier/Reuters
The Independent: Paris attacks: Belgian mayor 'had list of Isis terrorists including mastermind and gunmen' month before massacres
Françoise Schepmans said it was 'not her job' to track possible terrorists
Belgian authorities allegedly had a list of suspected jihadists including the “mastermind” of the Paris attacks and the two brothers who carried them out – a month before the massacre took place.
Françoise Schepmans, the mayor of the Molenbeek district of Brussels where several of the Isis extremists had lived, was allegedly handed the names and addresses of more than 80 people believed to be Islamist militants, the New York Times reported.
“What was I supposed to do about them? It is not my job to track possible terrorists,” Ms Schepmans reportedly said in an interview, claiming it was “the responsibility of the federal police”.
WNU Editor: The New York Times post on how dysfunctional Belgium has become is a must read .... Terrorism Response Puts Belgium in a Harsh Light (New York Times).
3 comments:
So basically she was running her city like a American Sanctuary City or college campus.
She obviously knew her constituency. Something like 40% of her jurisdiction is Muslim. Plus, if she had done anything pre-attack she would risk the PC-media retaliation that would ruin her career. Politicians get elected because they know which way the wind blows, not because they have any skills at high office.
So politicians should behave like Renaissance mercenaries in Italy?
Those mercenaries extorted cities at times, when they were not selling their employers to other cities.
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