Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On Today's Terror Attacks In Brussels

Adam Taylor, Washington Post: Why is Brussels under attack?

Brussels was hit by a number of deadly explosions on Tuesday, with all signs pointing toward a coordinated terror attack.

It's a shocking turn of events, but for anyone closely observing the city over the past few years, it wasn't exactly a surprise: While the Belgian capital had once been known best as a center for European culture and politics, its reputation had been tainted recently because of links to extremism and terror plots.

Those links were hammered home just last week, when Belgian authorities finally captured terrorism suspect Salah Abdeslam in Brussels's predominantly Muslim Molenbeek quarter. Abdeslam, 26, was the last known surviving participant in November's attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead. Abdeslam was a French citizen of Moroccan descent, but he had been born in Brussels and later lived there in Molenbeek with his family — including a 31-year-old brother, Brahim, who blew himself up in the Paris attacks.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On Today's Terror Attacks In Brussels

World Reactions to Brussels Terrorist Attack, From Putin to Pakistan -- Tony Czuczka, Bloomberg
Fear of bloody attacks becomes part of life in Europe -- Karl Ritter, AP
Brussels Attacks Highlight Europe's New Reality -- Lili Bayer, Geopolitical Futures
Belgium: Europe's front line in the war on terror -- Nima Elbagir, Bharati Naik and Laila Ben Allal, CNN
How the Brussels attacks could destabilize Europe -- Peter Apps, Reuters
Brussels Terror Attacks Bring Guerrilla War to the Heart of Europe -- Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast
The EU and the Enemy Within -- Philip Johnston, Daily Telegraph
Brussels bombings put 'the whole of Europe' under attack -- Sara Miller Llana, CSM
Brussels attacks: were they revenge for Abdeslam's arrest? -- Jason Burke, The Guardian
Belgium Warned of Attacks. It Wasn't Enough. -- Josh Rogin, Bloomberg
Brussels Bombing Reveals Europe’s Security Dilemma -- Vivienne Walt, Time
ISIS Overwhelming Europe's Counterterrorism Forces -- Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard
Our response to the Brussels bombings requires patience and restraint -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Brussels Then, Now, and in the Future -- Joel Weickgenant, The Compass
Jihadi Cool: Belgium's New Extremists are as Shallow as They are Deadly -- Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek
Already, Shameless Attempts to Use Brussels Attacks -- Mark Champion, Bloomberg
Why Brussels attacks exceeded San Bernardino's: a terrorist infrastructure -- Richard Winton, L.A. Times
The Brussels attacks hint at a worrying 'iceberg' theory about terror networks in Europe -- Natasha Bertrand, Business Insider

What Do We Know So Far On Today's Terror Attacks In Brussels

What to Know About the Suspects In the Brussels Attacks -- Melissa Chan, Time
What To Know About the Brussels Terrorist Attacks -- Time
Brussels terror attacks: What we know now -- USA Today
Belgium terror attacks: What we know -- CNN
Terrorist Bombings Strike Brussels: What We Know -- NPR
Brussels has been hit by a terrorist attack. Here’s what we know -- Quartz