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[Quangoid]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4622952/Explosion-reported-Brussels-central-station.html

And proof that Europe is now more dangerous than Kabul, Beirut, Baghdad and Aleppo!

[MallyJ]

Small explosion, person 'neutralised' ...all done and sorted with no one hurt........hardly proves Europe to be more dangerous than Kabul etc IMO

[Quangoid]

They were spot on with that demon eyes poster of blair, look at the crap he's got us into now.

[Togo]

Oh Dear, perhaps the "suicide bomber" was trying to derail the Brexit negotiations. Democracy died 12 months ago, we are in thrall to the controllers and policy benders.

[Peter Pedant]

here ! ou peut-etre voila !

http://www.dhnet.be/actu/belgique/tentative-d-attentat-a-bruxelles-l-individu-abattu-aurait-crie-allahu-akbar-la-situation-sous-controle-suivez-notre-direct-59497182cd70530690b98313

Fransh - Brussels is a bilingual city

some readers like an English ( or eez zat Angleesh?) site
because it is more up to date and more true !
( yeah this is AB after all)

crying allahu akbar seems to be a pre-mortem event nowadays

[Quangoid]

However my comments look i would just like to say that i do not have a political agenda

[DTCwordfan]

I've just heard this from a friend who lived in Brussels. I worked in the Cantersteen, right at the back of the Centraal Station - and we had a machine gun guard right across from the office - what with my co, Aeroflop, Turkish Airlines and El Al (literally right beneath me!), it was some assurance.

[-Talbot-]

Part and parcel of living in a major city.
Suicide bomber neutralised ... now move along, nothing to see here.

[Togo]

From Pee Pee's link, no change there then :))

//La police ne confirme aucune information pour le moment.//

Haha.

[DTCwordfan]

Pictures showing, my office was to the left......on the right is a Banque Bruxelles Lambert bank and a Metro entrance.

[Quangoid]

We are now literally at the mercy of bush and blairs mistakes!

We can't afford bombproofed cars, bullet proofed planes, teams of round the clock armed protection, no us who never wanted the wars are the most likely to be injured or killed whilst the the ex presidents and prime ministers swan and mince around the globe getting paid for their spewage.

[-Talbot-]

I don't know about you pal but I can't afford a plane bullet proof or not.

[Peter Pedant]

two explosions- but didnt kill himself
and was shot by police and not killed

Grande Place emptied in a few seconds ....
I thought I was gonna die !

[Peter Pedant]

// I don't know about you pal but I can't afford a plane bullet proof or not.//

o come on talbo a bit of hyperbole and the odd non sequitur never went awry on AB !

[DTCwordfan]

the Centrale/Centraal Station is all 'underground' albeit shallow, lying about 1/2 a mile from both the north station (Noord/Nord) and the south (Zuid/Midi) - it is from these latter two that most European trains arrive and depart, Centraal with its connections then to the airport and the country at large.

[Togo]

This is nothing Quan (Obe Quan ?), the bombers will not be going away. They will need to be driven away.

[DTCwordfan]

Peter, it was the prospect of your 'Jup' or 'Orval' being spilled that was your concern...let's have some honesty around here.

[Quangoid]

Was talking to my friend who has done many tours in war hell holes and he told me that when the army leaves these places to fend for themselves there will be about 10 years of rockiness and stability issues bu then these places will become peaceful edens hence my "Europe is now more dangerous than Kabul, Beirut, Baghdad and Aleppo!"

Comment earlier

[jourdain2]

Pierre, tu rest ici - calme, c'est bien. Bringing it home, isn't it though?

[Quangoid]

No this can't be just me. Is it me or are there a few confusing answers on this thread? No offence to the authors of course.

[Jackdaw33]

The French take the mickey out of the Belgians just as we do with the Irish. Their police are at fault here; the man should have been gunned down and killed before he had a chance to detonate his explosives. It could have been much worse.