Western Intelligence Knew That The Islamic State Were Going To Attack Brussels' Metro System And The Airport

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Haaretz: EXCLUSIVE: Belgian Intelligence Had Precise Warning That Airport Targeted for Bombing

Attack in subway likely also known in advance by Belgian and Western agencies; attack plan was formulated at de-facto ISIS capital of Raqqa, in Syria.

The Belgian security services, as well as other Western intelligence agencies, had advance and precise intelligence warnings regarding the terrorist attacks in Belgium on Tuesday, Haaretz has learned.

The security services knew, with a high degree of certainty, that attacks were planned in the very near future for the airport and, apparently, for the subway as well.

Despite the advance warning, the intelligence and security preparedness in Brussels, where most of the European Union agencies are located, was limited in its scope and insufficient for the severity and immediacy of the alert.

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Update #1: Turkey Says It Deported One of Brussels Suicide Bombers in Summer (WSJ)
Update #2: Turkey says it caught and deported one of the Brussels attacks suspects last year (Business Insider)

WNU Editor: Britain's Daily Mail is way ahead of this story .... BREAKING NEWS: Turkey reveals they arrested one of the Brussels bombers near the Syrian border in June and deported him BACK to Belgium – and even warned authorities he was a militant (Daily Mail). If this report is true, it then credence to this report .... ISIS Overwhelming Europe's Counterterrorism Forces (Weekly Standard).