Bloomberg: Paris Attacks Reveal Belgium as the Heart of European Terror
* Series of assaults this year has links to France's neighbor
* Two Paris attackers suspected to have been living in Brussels
The deadly violence in Paris on Friday is the latest in a series of attacks with strong links to Belgium, adding to mounting evidence the country has become one of the main havens for radicalized young men intent on terrorizing Europe.
As French investigators try to piece together the identity of radical networks responsible for the bloodiest act of terrorism in Europe in a decade, it emerged that two of the killers were Frenchmen who had been living in Belgium. Since Friday night’s attacks, police have detained seven other people in Brussels whom they suspect have links to the atrocity.
“Recruiting networks center around Belgium,” David Gartenstein-Ross, a counter-terrorism specialist at the U.S.-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said by telephone on Sunday. Authorities will be questioning “whether militants consider Belgium to be a more permissive environment” and whether there is “a community of extremists who can move relatively undetected.”
More News On Belgium's Connections To Recent Terrorism Cases
Paris Attacks Put Focus on Belgium -- WSJ
Belgium connection under spotlight after Paris attacks -- AFP
French attacks cast uncomfortable spotlight on Brussels district -- Euronews/Reuters
Molenbeek: The Brussels suburb at the heart of Belgium's jihadist threat -- CNN
The Belgian neighborhood indelibly linked to jihad -- Washington Post
Guns, God and grievances: Belgium's Islamist "airbase" -- Daily Mail/Reuters
The Belgian radicals’ den -- hans Von Der Burchard and laurens Cerulus, Politico
Belgium Connections in Recent Terrorism Cases -- NYT
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