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"It Looks Like A Warzone" - Army, APCs, Roadblocks Deployed In Brussels After Explosives, Chemical Weapons Found

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In the aftermath of last night's warning of an "imminent" terror threat in Brussels when OCAM Crisis Center and the government raised the country's terror alert to the highest level, today the escalation continues and the Belgian capital looks like not only a ghost town but something out of a Call of Duty warzone after authorities deployed special forces, and APCs, shut the metro, locked down shopping centers, closed sporting events, and warned the public to avoid crowds, train stations, airports and commercial districts because of a "serious and imminent" threat of an attack.

As Reuters reports, a week after the Paris attacks carried out by Islamic State militants, of whom one suspect from Brussels is at large and said by authorities to be highly dangerous, Brussels was placed on the top level "four" in the government's threat scale after a meeting of top ministers, police and security services.

"The advice for the population is to avoid places where a lot of people come together like shopping centers, concerts, events or public transport stations wherever possible," a spokesman for the government's crisis center said.

As AFP reported earlier, the spike in the terror threat is due to a risk of attacks by "weapons and explosives"

The local security forces are taking no chances, and as can be seen on the photos below, APC have been deployed as the city barricades itself with the use of roadblocks at strategic locations.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel declined to give the reason why the authorities raised the alert level but told a news conference the government would review the security situation on Sunday afternoon and that the decision to raise the threat level was taken “based on quite precise information about the risk of an attack like the one that happened in Paris where several individuals with arms and explosives launch actions, perhaps even in several places at the same time." The metro system would remain closed until then, in line with the recommendation of the crisis center, he said.

The reason for the dramatic escalation is that chemicals and explosives were among the items found in the during a police raid on Vandepeerboom Street area in the immigrant neighborhood of Molenbeek, a rundown area where Paris attacker Abdelhamid Abaaoud was suspected of operating a terrorist cell.

L'Echo has more:

A search was conducted on Friday at the home of a suspect placed under arrest, federal prosecutors said on Saturday. Some weapons have been discovered, but no explosives or explosive belt.

 

The suspect was arrested Thursday in the series of searches carried out in Brussels. The person concerned is suspected of involvement in terrorist attacks and participation in activities of a terrorist group.

The find came as Belgium’s capital entered a security lockdown. The government has warned that there could be a repeat of Paris-style attacks in the country’s capital, prompting the closure of subways in Brussels and the deployment of heavily armed police and soldiers.

Fears that terrorists may use chemical or biological weapons quickly spread to Paris where according to the Guardian, security has been stepped up at key water supply sites in Paris, after the French prime minister warned the country could not rule out attacks from “chemical or biological weapons”.

The heightened security comes as reports claim that biohazard suits have been stolen from a Paris hospital, the Telegraph reports. Eau de Paris, the municipal water company, yesterday told Le Parisien that access to its sites has been limited to only the necessary service personnel, and that they have been accredited by the defence ministry.

Furthermore, we learned today that one more suspect from last Friday's terror attack has been arrested in Brussels which has quickly emerged as the nerve center of last week's Paris attacks.

As Reuters further adds, the crisis center website said it was calling on local authorities to cancel large events, urge people to avoid crowds, postpone soccer matches, close the Brussels metro for the weekend and stepping up the military and police presence. Suspected militant Salah Abdeslam, 26, returned home to Brussels from Paris after the attacks, when his elder brother Brahim blew himself up at a cafe.

Fears of the risk he still poses prompted the cancellation last week of an international friendly soccer match in Brussels against Spain. The crisis center said weekend games in the top two professional divisions should now be postponed.

 

The alert level for the whole country was raised following the Paris attacks to level three out of four, implying a "possible or probable" threat. Previously, only certain sites, such as the U.S. embassy, were at level three.

 

Belgium, and its capital in particular, have been at the center of investigations into the Paris attacks - which included suicide bombers targeting a France-Germany soccer match - after the links to Brussels emerged. Three people detained in Brussels are facing terrorism charges.

As a reminder, French authorities have said the attacks were planned in Brussels by a local man, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 28, who fought for Islamic State in Syria and was killed in the siege of an apartment in the Paris suburb of St. Denis on Wednesday.

Salah Abdeslam, who was from the same Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek and is said by officials to have known Abaaoud in prison, was pulled over three times by French police but not arrested as he was driven back to Brussels early last Saturday by two of the men now in custody.

As well as Abdeslam's brother, a second man from Molenbeek, Bilal Hadfi, was also among the Paris suicide bombers.

Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon told reporters he wanted a register of everyone living in Molenbeek because it was not clear at present who was there, with authorities conducting door-to-door checks of every house. "The local administration should knock on every door and ask who really lives there," Jambon said. Curiously when Donald Trump suggests doing something comparable in the US, immediate comparisons with Hitler emerge.

Meanwhile, as the photos below show, soldiers are already on guard in all key parts of Brussels, including at the institutions of the European Union headquartered in the city. Brussels is also home to the headquarters of NATO.

 

Finally, Belgium's interior ministry has released the following list of recommendations what the local population should do while the terror threat is at its highest level.

 

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Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:45 | 6821182 Bob
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True, he is.  But recognizing that, you must then concede that this is quite rare even for those who commit themselves to that path and have the capacities to pull it off; most get hung up short of the destination by social and emotional obstacles.

This guy has surely given up a lot to stay true to the path.  Full props to PCR, far as I'm concerned. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 14:48 | 6821653 Bay of Pigs
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It isn't a popular view, that's for sure. Most Americans can't, and won't accept it.

I can't find fault with his conclusions. The West is fucked beyond repair.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:03 | 6821066 rejected
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PCR is an old man that has more intestinal fortitude than 90% of the populations of the West.... combined.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:22 | 6820868 UncleChopChop
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fear is the mind killer. fear is the little death. that's why they use it. turns rational humans into easily herded sheep.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:31 | 6820872 JustObserving
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H. L. Mencken

French National Assembly overwhelmingly backs extension of police-state measures

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/11/20/pari-n20.html

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:18 | 6820979 WonderDawg
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Insightful guy, Mencken. Some might say, a prophet.

"When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men whose chief distinguishing mark is the fact that they are quite incapable of weighing ideas, or even of comprehending any save the most elemental — men whose whole thinking is done in terms of emotion, and whose dominant emotion is dread of what they cannot understand. So confronted, the candidate must either bark with the pack or be lost... All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre — the man who can most adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:02 | 6821065 G.O.O.D
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On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

Are you describing George "crackhead" Bush Jr?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:29 | 6821134 Omen IV
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CARSON

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:37 | 6821022 lakecity55
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Thanks for reminding me of that quote.

Mencken was one hell-raiser!

The point is, we know what .politburo is up to. So, do NOT be afraid. Stay strapped. Have a bolt-hole.
Above all, don't surrender to their bullshit.

Not all these attacks are fake. When the FF events happen, it does inspire actual terrists, who then surprise the Gestapo with an "unscheduled" event. So, there are two reasons to be aware: .politburo attacks and self-motivated attacks!

 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:27 | 6820878 J Jason Djfmam
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Death by a thousand fears.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:17 | 6821102 Handful of Dust
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That may still be preferable to the upcoming stonings and beheadings the new rulers will impose on them. I think Brussells is already 98% Muslim ... well, it looked that way when I was there. Hotel warned me not to go out for a walk at night.

 

Sad.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 14:00 | 6821531 Oldrepublic
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That quote is from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

 

a coward dies a thousand times before his death,but the valiant taste of death but once

 

 

 

 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 16:11 | 6821903 CheapBastard
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Breaking News: The 29th Annual Brussels Conference on 'How to Stone Your Wife' will be cancelled due to extenuating circumstances.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:14 | 6820959 Another regiona...
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If america was behind isis and used ISIS attacks to bring in nato, whydid they let ISIS take responsibilty? they could have ISIS attack paris and blame it on assad and enter syria through nato. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:06 | 6821072 MopWater
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They tried using Assad...the chem attacks created outrage but not enough to activate NATO...you can't keep going to the same well.

ISIS has enough history of brutality, plus the threat of not being contained by borders to make a much better boogy man

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:37 | 6821160 Another regiona...
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then they could have used terror attacks and blame it on assad no? terror attacks on west will create more backlash than chem attacks on mid-easterners by mid-easterners. 

 

I am not hoping for these attacks. Just curious, if they really wanted to use nato to oust assad, why let isis take responsibility if the b;lamwest really orchestrated them. The west could let the blame fall on assad.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:17 | 6821261 Bob
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Don't forget that ISIS is their excuse to crawl over the entire ME at their whim, playing the honorable sheriff's.  The "Theater of War" against the terrrrists is worldwide!  And already billed as never-ending. 

ISIS is the ticket.  Assad would be a wasted side-trip on the journey . . . and take the spotlight off the guys who must play the STAR antagonist role in our own play of murder and conquest as the Good Guys on the White Horses. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:46 | 6821333 Another regiona...
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What i am asking in my above post is, if they want assad gone, why not use assad as an excuse?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 18:17 | 6821367 Bob
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Sorry, ISIS gets our foot in the door.  We couldn't go into Syria directly at the start because that would be a war of aggression, a crime . . . very boring, since we've done it so much that even the Western sheeple audience is tired of it, and much more dangerous than it sounds because Russia may have stepped in. 

The prevailing story line here is that ISIS was created by CIA, etc., as a proxy army for undercover overthrow and destabilization of ME governments, like they've been doing in Syria.  The ISIS brand is pulling a huge audience share now.  But that doesn't mean they can't be just as useful treated as real enemies; now the West has an apparently legitimate excuse to go into Syria to defeat ISIS.  Now ALL the sheeple will cheer!  Once there, the US/NATO can dictate terms of settlement when ISIS is defeated (melted back into Turkey, more likely) and Russia can be marginalized in the process, so Assad will still be gone.

ISIS will continue elsewhere, as the gift that just keeps on giving, so the drama will continue. 

ISIS provides a much more robust universe of stories to be exploited, I think. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:32 | 6821142 r3ct1f13r
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Million boogey man march

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 13:50 | 6821505 Totentänzerlied
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"Entire Europe will be operating in panic mode for months."

That is the plan and the point, and the brazenness would almost make DIck Cheney blush.

I said as much earlier this week: look for the media to pick up and run with at least one terror threat story in Europe per week, perfectly timed for the media cycle, incredibly vague but sufficiently scary, never citing specific targets or types of targets other than crowded public spaces, never ever ever ever in any way threatening key men, institutions, or critical infrastructure, thwarted at the last minute, etc. etc. etc. etc. We've already seen this movie.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:15 | 6820853 Monetas
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Clever rascals .... use explosives .... to propagate .... bad gas ?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:18 | 6820856 Monetas
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Who has sillier names .... Bilal Hadfi .... Jan Jambon ?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:27 | 6820882 J Jason Djfmam
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Heywood Jablome.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:33 | 6820894 UncleChopChop
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rock me rock me rock me sexy jeeeesus

 

love that movie.

 

called 'hamlet 2' for anyone out there. hysterical.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:52 | 6820929 yomutti
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Hey, that's my name!

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:28 | 6820883 _ConanTheLibert...
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Phuc Dat Bich

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:08 | 6820967 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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Jeb.

Jeb Bush.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:34 | 6821151 Bemused Observer
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It's Jeb!

Don't forget the exclamation. It makes all the difference.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:31 | 6821290 StychoKiller
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And even less meaningful than "Hope and change"

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:19 | 6820858 nosam
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That was quick! The UN passes a resolution for enhanced war against ISIS.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/war-on-isis-un-in-rare-...

 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:19 | 6820859 UncleChopChop
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threats, unusual sights in the streets, massively coordinated attacks 'masterminded' by a bunch of backwards, all with links to 'sureeya'.. just more baffle the sheep with bullshit. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:21 | 6820863 Eyeroller
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... and stocks soar.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:31 | 6820885 _ConanTheLibert...
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I read socks soar. What does that mean?

PS. Just finished some rattle can painting which might explain something.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:36 | 6820897 o r c k
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This master of minds took a train to Paris and shot some people. That is above genius level and far beyond aboveness. We may be dealing with the Demigods of the Ancients here. Remember. He took a train to Paris and shot some people. Humans have been worshipped for less. My remaining days will find me upon my knees-in awe of the rider of the train for He is Him. Yes, He took a train beyond aboveness.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:44 | 6820910 _ConanTheLibert...
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What have you been smoking?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:57 | 6820941 UncleChopChop
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he;s being quite funny actually. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:11 | 6821081 Monetas
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Cr_ck ?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:28 | 6821128 the_magician
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Are you asking me? 

Organic weed obviously. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:15 | 6820974 WonderDawg
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Dude... Nice.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:23 | 6820991 Itinerant
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On Dutch TV they actually claimed that despite more than a year of bombing by the USA, France, and Russia (and the American alliance: Italy, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, Saudi), ISIS sttll managed to gain terrein. IS are being positioned as super-human gods [or demons].The fight against IS is being billed as a fight against evil, with tentacles to evil happening all over the globe. The really diabolically clever thing about witches is they are so hard to identify.

The authorities knew nothing in advance, but immediately decided making the Syrian (fake) passport public was of the utmost importance. Yesterday they found a third body in the apartment complex where the master-mind was captured. After an 8 hour seige with hundreds of police, etc. they discover a third body 2 days later!

Now the authorities are suddenly on the ball, with tangible and concrete evidence of more plots all over the place!

These things go further than using the same playbook and preying on the fear and gullibility of the public: they are actually mocking the public. Where was NORAD on 9/11? Oh right, all the planes were on an execercise simulating an attack by civilian airplanes, even though Conoleza Rice claimed: "Who could have thought of such a thing?" During the tube attack in London the first responders (can be heard on public video's) wondering if this is part of the exercise or whether things have gone off-script? The passport is a direct citation of the 9/11 narrative (Mohammed Atta's passport was the only thing to survive the blast).

How come nobody is wondering how this guy can be stopped 3x on his way to Belgium and be let go despite being on record as a criminal, Syria fighter, and suspected terrorist? There were seven attacks. Nobody seems curious about an exhaustive factual account tying all the attacks and known assailants together. Did a some get away? Without being identified? When a precise factual account is not even considered important you already know you are in over your head in propaganda and BS.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:22 | 6821113 rejected
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It's like they have somehow mind drugged the entire population. When the "authorities" speak they listen,,, when someone points out the obvious errors and speaks common sense they just trash it. It's so obvious what these monsters are doing to anyone of reasonable intelligence it just boggles the mind how they can overlook it. 

I used to listen to a radio show called David and Joyce Ramsey or something. Don't know if their still on but David made a comment about a young voting convention he went to,,, probably 10+ years ago. Anyway he was explaining to them how the elections were controlled and manipulated and they fully agreed. Then they went out on stage and reiterated the need to get more of the young voting. He was astounded. It's this kind of mind control that is everywhere.

Unexplainable.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:39 | 6821305 StychoKiller
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"Stupid is as Stupid does."

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:23 | 6820861 Urban Redneck
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Guns don't kill people. People kill people.

Where are the people associated with these guns? (People who apparently have lots of iCrap and don't bother to use encryption.)

Or are the people associated with those guns and explosives the same people that the State arrested and killed over the last week?

Nerver let a crisis go to waste.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:22 | 6820866 _ConanTheLibert...
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The elite sure are in a hurry now to implement their agenda.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:40 | 6820895 Grandad Grumps
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People are waking up and the controllers are starting to lose elements that had previously been blindly under their control. I suspect that pressing it further will wake up more people.

I also suspect that there is a reason why Congress is planning an extended recess next summer. It may even have something to do with the reason why elements of many military and spy related departments have been moved to the western states, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, specifically.

Maybe the great purges by Mao and Stalin were designed to get rid of people who had waken up and were starting to understand the control system of this world.

... we can only do what we are here to do.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:06 | 6820962 Berspankme
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Don't they always take extended recess in election year?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:27 | 6821000 lakecity55
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Yes, they do, but they still get paid while off the job.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:00 | 6820993 Griffin
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I think it is correct that people are waking up to see how the system of government and politics as a whole really work and lots things that used to work to control the people have stopped functioning.

The main problem in my wiev is that we need to come up with a alternative system of control to replace the crumbling one, and preferably one that repairs the issues that are causing the problems that are destroying the current forms of government and control.

 

It could be a good idea to start by identifying the problems and to create a platform where people can discuss ideas and share information related to this issue.

 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 20:56 | 6822770 Kirk2NCC1701
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They are simply reacting to the Russian campaign, trying to redirect the FAQs as to why the US/NATO have failed with defeating ISIS in Syria & Iraq, by framing it as a Global problem.

They were beginning to lose control of the Narrative for a while, due to the Russians, and are now seeking to regain it. Clever Devils.

ISIS = Al Qaeda 2.0
Al Qaeda = Muhajadeen 2.0
Muhajadeen 1.0 = CIA-sponsored Rebels (Moderate + Extreme) to Soviets in Afghanistan.

It's not complicated, for those with eyes and brain who are willing to see reality as it is, rather than as they want it to be or as the MSM Koolaid tells them it is.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:25 | 6820873 TuPhat
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That's some strange looking camo.  I guess they are supposed to stand out in a crowd.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:36 | 6820898 J Jason Djfmam
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See the girl? in blue checking out camo guy's ass?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:41 | 6820906 Grandad Grumps
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Wveryone in the picture make sense except the guy in the camel coat and gray hat, with his face hidden from the camera.

It seems like the three people following the mall-camo guys are also with them.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:25 | 6820994 lakecity55
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I thought she was checking out his "gun." It's bigger than hers.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:37 | 6820899 Grandad Grumps
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I guess I do not get the whole mask thing. Are we supposed to be afraid?

"Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid or something?"

"Oh no. It's just they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.”

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:15 | 6820976 FearLess_FLY
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Anyone want a peanut ?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:03 | 6821067 trader1
Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:01 | 6820949 restelle
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Yes, they are intended to stand out.  That helps the visibility of the FEAR they are trying to stir up.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 15:10 | 6821706 CheapBastard
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That's also why they call it the "Double Red Alert Squared" so everyone gets the shivers. Yellow, green etc don't seem to have the same shock effect.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:26 | 6820876 Big_Sister_Is_W...
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Well, they are going to have to manufacture another actual attack in the next day or so for all this threat alert stuff not to start looking bogus to the public... you can only milk a hundred or two deaths so far.

What a charade.  Yet again I am painfully reminded how far we still need to evolve as a species.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:27 | 6820877 buzzsaw99
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the maggots finally got what they wanted. complete control. take a look at the future.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:32 | 6820890 J Jason Djfmam
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The NWO has a face.

It is the face of Big Brother.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 21:50 | 6822989 Kirk2NCC1701
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Hmmm... And here I thought it was the faceless faces of the Balaclavas.

In the spirit of emulating them, rather than emulating the Burka-heads, shouldn't we be wearing Balaclavas also? And also wear Camo-colored Ribbons, to show our "Support TPTB"?

;-)

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:03 | 6820955 marcusfenix
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my thoughts exactly here is Carson with a preview of what's to come (or as he hopes already is) regardless of who wins next year-

"I think we should have a database on everybody who comes into this country," Carson told reporters in the state house. Told that rival Donald Trump had proposed tracking Muslims already in the United States, Carson added that "hopefully, we already have a database on every citizen who is already here. If we don't, we are doing a very poor job."

"DATA BASE ON EVERY CITIZEN".

how did that quote by Rockefeller go? given the right crises the people will accept the new world order? something about how the people will demand it...

do they finally have their "right crises" in some SPECTURE type  terrorist .ORG who seems to have developed global reach in a very short period of time?

our only hope now seems to be if the ghost of Orwell himself rises from his grave and starts suiciding the architects of this NWO global prison state we see forming right before our eyes.

or maybe we will get lucky and Putin will prove to be the last stand up guy and baptize the NWO in nuclear fire.

it could happen...

 all the worlds a stage and these IS guys are the worst, comic book- james bond- absurdly- hollywood- movie villains that they have yet run out in front of us. I don't think it's going out to far on a limb to say that there will be a major attack here in the US soon, I mean they have all but advertised it on a billboard.

so to all my fellow Hedgers, keep  weather eye out, stay safe and as always...

hedge accordingly.   

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:48 | 6821190 xavi1951
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That has been proven to be false reporting by the MSM.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:15 | 6821096 Bemused Observer
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Is that what they wanted?

I imagine there won't be much in the way of business going on in such an environment. And those security forces don't work for free.

If it's control they are after, this is one way to get it. But it can only succeed on a temporary basis. At some point, everyone has to get back to work, and some normalcy, or the economy grinds to a halt. As soon as those balaclava-wearing dudes stop getting paid, they begin to fade away into the crowds.

It is very intimidating, but it cannot last long enough to secure the system for the long haul. A security system like this requires a wealthy and functional economy. If this is their plan, then it is doomed to failure.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:29 | 6821132 eyesofpelosi
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The short lived tv show: Dark Angel sure does seem to have been prophetic in regards to future "security", especially in large cities...

Behold the rise of the "Sector Police"

Coming to a city near you!

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:27 | 6820879 Grandad Grumps
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Wow, the Belgians must have an FBI as competent as ours. They are able to find their own stashes.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:32 | 6820892 _ConanTheLibert...
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Hey downvoter, go take a hike. That was funny.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:36 | 6820900 UncleChopChop
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I earned $8,500 working from home last week, working for the NSA downvoting ZH comments. You can too! www.ratbastid.com

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:31 | 6820887 Usurious
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please protect the beer making Monks........

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:13 | 6820971 HerrDoktor
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that Leffe brown is no joke

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:32 | 6820891 buzzsaw99
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notice how important it is for the "good guys" to cover their faces?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:53 | 6820930 HowdyDoody
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It worked for the US Good Guys (TM) in Syria (ISIS).

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:13 | 6821091 Buster Cherry
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Thats what stood out most with me.

 

The fucking lslamic mutants won!

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 21:59 | 6823012 Kirk2NCC1701
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So wear one also. To show your support.

"Good guys wear Balaclavas"

p.s. Wearing one should really foil the FaRec (Facial Recognition) SW, that they now use in public places. You didn't think that the Image-Procssing evolution in video cards was just for Gaming or for mining crypto-currencies, did you?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:36 | 6820893 trader1
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Tyler - who is the "commodity trader" buying IS oil?

here is another lead.

recall - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-19/most-important-question-about-i...

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:35 | 6820896 Jack Burtan
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Starting to get boring again. Let's get some under water cables cut or set off Yellowstone .

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 09:47 | 6820913 J Jason Djfmam
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Terrorism = Entertainment for the masses in the 21st century.

Sad state of affairs in this world. 100s die and those not directly affected are entertained.

Are you not entertained?

Neg away!

Same as it ever was.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:00 | 6820946 Another regiona...
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Let me guess, another false glag operation deliberately foiled....right ZH? As if nobody else is evil and nobody else is capable of doing terrorist attacks except US and israel.  Some people say paris attacks had the hallmarks of a false flag, so let me ask

 

What would be the halllmarks of non false flag terrorist attack? bad planning, crude bombs?

 

The rest of the world cant plan and have good bombs?

 

2) Also every major power benefits from major terror attacks, russia too benfited by isis attacks in paris, yet people here blame US for the supposed benefits it got and nobody accused russia of being behind the france attack when it has benfitted by those attacks.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 14:41 | 6821633 Hyjinx
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Ssshhhh!  Don't state the obvious around here!

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:01 | 6820950 shovelhead
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Why is it that the shitstains on the European bowl all seem to emanate from Brussels?

Skidmark Central?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:03 | 6820951 Lostinfortwalton
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This won't affect the climate change conference next week in Paris will it? After all, Obama, after being AWOL for nine days and flipping the bird to all of France and many US citizens who sorta expect a leader sometimes, needs a venue to show he cares.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:43 | 6821317 zx12r
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He is maintaining his focus on the important shit. LOL!

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:01 | 6820952 RabbitOne
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As this morning’s Drudge headlines scream “…Obama vows more refugees…”. One must wonder are these false flag trial balloons of martial law in Europe, caused from refugees, what Obama will use to shut down the U.S. with martial law and then suspend future elections?...

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:22 | 6820988 lakecity55
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When you look at what is happening in Europe, imagine the fun Dicktaster Bath House can have here in the USSA with a few terrist attacks!

Does he have enough of them imported yet? We won't know until the first attack.

Keep an eye on the news for reports of "drills" in your area. That's one tell.

Now, if they were really serious, the Belgians would, while going door-to-door in the terrist enclave, throw the goat-fuckers into a truck and haul them to a boat. Fill the boat and send it back to Haifa.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:13 | 6821086 Berspankme
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Reggie- "I said dicktaster not dictator"

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 22:09 | 6823071 Kirk2NCC1701
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Reggie takes dictation from the dictator.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:23 | 6821120 eyesofpelosi
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That black lives matter crowd seems to be all Odumbo needs to get some serious martial law action going...

I just wonder what is taking the "powers" so long to drop the tyranny boot and be done with it already. Perhaps they have too many options at their disposal?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 13:04 | 6821386 J Jason Djfmam
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They are/have been waiting for us to beg for it.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:07 | 6820966 eyesofpelosi
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Those Europeans sure do make martial law look good!

Such style...[sarcasm supreme, hold the mayo]

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:27 | 6821005 Berspankme
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I hear the Italian soldiers are in Armani

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:18 | 6821106 eyesofpelosi
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Yeah, when do those guys get invited to the tyranny party?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:08 | 6820968 Berspankme
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Someone give them Von Rumpoy's address. That's where the real terrorist lives

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 22:13 | 6823080 Kirk2NCC1701
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That's why genuine libertarians and ZHers keep detailed files on all the Public Scum, recording everything known about them.

What's good for the spooks is good for us gooks.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:12 | 6820970 Lostinfortwalton
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Is it just me or does camouflage clothing in an urban center sort of defeat the purpose?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:42 | 6821030 J Jason Djfmam
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It's just you.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:26 | 6821123 eyesofpelosi
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Tyrannical fashion statements...

 

Turn to the right....turn to the left...

I can't remember how that Rue Paul song went...wasn't that him, oh when was that stupid song out?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:03 | 6821224 Hongcha
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David Bowie.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 13:06 | 6821388 J Jason Djfmam
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Remembering something about Kaddafi and his female bodyguards with Uzi's.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:31 | 6821139 Wahooo
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No. When the enemy approaches, they just freeze and pretend they're potted plants.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:16 | 6820977 JamesH
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in blue peter tradition - here is a terrorist network we allowed earlier

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:17 | 6820978 SubjectivObject
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Impending bank[ster] hollowdaze?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:18 | 6820981 hooligan2009
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turn back the clock to WWII,

what is needed are nations of informers to counter the "resistance", citizens that "collaborate" via an "amber alert" equivalent for suspicious activity.

this time the resistance is more akin to anarchists and the "freedom fighters" have a cause that is unlcear and unattainable because of the hell that is their "home country" of artificial boundaries and no home country. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:20 | 6820984 Lostinfortwalton
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The Belgians can shoot the terrorists but not the Islamic terrorists.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:31 | 6821013 bardot63
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Just one question: Will Syrian refugees be eligible for Secret Service employment?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:51 | 6821051 CHoward
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I'm sure of it.  Since Obama loves these people so much, I wouldn't be surprised if his own personal protection team isn't all Syrian - at a minimum they'll all be Muslims. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:47 | 6821185 zx12r
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That would put some new butt boys in close proximity for Obama's entertainment. But the tranny will not be pleased.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 14:10 | 6821550 Oldrepublic
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of course, it is equal opportunity for the praetorian guard

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 21:42 | 6822972 Kirk2NCC1701
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Only if they pass the GayBLT exams.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:41 | 6821028 numapepi
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This is just what us kafirs have to get used to so the Muslims can live among us, to get welfare... modern jizya.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:29 | 6821133 zx12r
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Your comment says volumes more than just the words you typed.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:43 | 6821034 SirBarksAlot
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Does this have anything to do with the further announcements this week that Europe (NATO) and Nathaniel Rothschild's Genel Energy are dealing in the black market oil with ISIS?

https://exposednewsalternative.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/rothschild-black...

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:45 | 6821327 Grandad Grumps
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Wow, cool ... another connection to the banks targeting the destruction of the Saud monarchy.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 13:54 | 6821454 Bob
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.

Saudi Arabia, An ISIS That Has Made It:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/21/opinion/saudi-arabia-an-isis-that-has-...

Strange happenings the past few days at the "newspaper of record."  Why is the NYT suddenly exposing truths?

Likewise, Killary Hinton just called out SA, Qatar and Turkey for "allowing their citizens to fund" ISIS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8gQW0ebXSo

Somethin's up. Why are the PTB suddenly turning our attention to SA?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 14:55 | 6821671 ndree
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Maybe, just maybe the KSA is coming to the end of its utility to the Masters of chaos. Like with Kadaffi, once he was no longer useful, and actually became a threat.... he was demonized and liquated.

- the petrodollars will soon be a thing of the past

- KSA are dipping deeply into their reserves, and most likely would not be able to make lucrative arms purchases much longer,

- they keep wanting to destroy the US shale industry

- middle east dynamics are leaving them behind

- they are and always were a dangerous cult.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 16:41 | 6821999 Bob
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Nice answer.  Thanks, ndree. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:52 | 6821346 trader1
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this is the Genel, chaired by Tony Hayward..yes, the former CEO of BP infamy, whose assets were ejaculated all over the gulf of mexico...

Genel's founder and president - mehmet sepil of fsa insider trader fame, announced his immediate retirement last month, while in other interesting news:

"the company has faced several problems amid rising tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq and Baghdad over oil income and escalating security concerns due to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks, just as other foreign companies have. Recent delays in the KRG’s payment to foreign companies have put pressure over their finances."

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/genel-energy-founder-and-president-sepi...

 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:51 | 6821049 california chrome
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Bullish. 2,100 Gap-up Monday E-mini S&P 500 futures.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 10:54 | 6821058 Consuelo
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Don't you just love the looks these guys give when somebody takes a photo...?   It seems universal.  They must all go to the same school where one of the courses is 'how to posture the best intimidating look'... 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:09 | 6821077 Allen_H
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The strings are hard to see though.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:10 | 6821069 highwaytoserfdom
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I really step back on pictures of mercenaries with mask on telling their terror story.   Where is the gun control by governments issues.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-DIpkJRDY   I'm happy with Princeton and Wilson.    What a DNC/RNC mess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y23Cn6OQL4   

 

I do not expect any politician to sole anything...   Plain and simple fascist.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:05 | 6821071 Bemused Observer
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That Twitter list of what to do...and the first girl who asks, "What about the cinemas?"

Ummm, I suppose the cinemas are also supposed to be avoided. That would be my guess, sweetie. Large crowds in small spaces and all that, ya know?

What about the cinemas?...sounds like something someone in 'the crowd' in a Monty Python movie would yell out.

Of course stay out of the bloody cinemas you twit!

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:07 | 6821073 Allen_H
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Never mind police states, they going for Military states.

What a poor shit show, keeping the fear up at ALL costs.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:12 | 6821084 mijev
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Whenever I see someone wearing camouflage gear I walk into them and say "wow sorry I didn't see you."

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 22:20 | 6823097 Kirk2NCC1701
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Don't get mad, get even:

Wear Camo & Balaclavas.

"Camo is the new black".

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:15 | 6821097 Monetas
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So, Obama .... truck drivers are not combatants .... tell that to the black Americans .... who drove live ammo .... to the Battle of the Bulge .... the Germans used their 88´s on them .... and didn't scatter leaflets .... telling them to scatter ?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:17 | 6821103 ZIRPY
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Can someone remind me of the benefits of having a growing Arabic Musim population in a country? I'm starting to forget.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:23 | 6821119 Buster Cherry
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I saw the movie "Inglorious Bastards" and liked the fact that Lt. Aldo Raines carved a swastika on the foreheads of nazis he allowed.to live.

Muslim scum should be willing to have a big "I" carved into their foreheads as a condition of immigrating here.....or a "T".....

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:34 | 6821149 zx12r
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Benifits? There are none...oh wait...I suppose there might be a few negative ones...like dying, for instance. Multiculturism is worth it, though.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:49 | 6821194 Global Hunter
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The benefits are a two-fer here, first you depopulate the area around Israel and put them in Europe to help destablize that continent. 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:22 | 6821116 ross81
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oh please dear EU,  save us from this terrifying phantom menace, we'll give you all the powers you want. just dont let us be without football and shopping malls!

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:29 | 6821130 rejected
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We'll all soon be cowering in our home basements shivering in fear with our scissors at the ready.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:35 | 6821155 Lostinfortwalton
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We're allowed to have scissors?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:45 | 6821324 J Jason Djfmam
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Rounded 1st grade scissors and paste.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 22:24 | 6823110 Kirk2NCC1701
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You may have Concealed-Carry box cutters, if you also wear a full beard or an Arabic head-towel -- a la 9/11.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:40 | 6821168 zx12r
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Not in the U.S.  All the smart people are well armed in public, and harbor a secret hope of getting the opportunity to put down a few in the disease ridden, Islam rabies outbreak.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:33 | 6821146 Lostinfortwalton
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If this doesn't work they will remake the old Peter O'Toole movie, only this time it will be......."Obama of Arabia", starring Dear Leader hisself.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:46 | 6821184 Boxed Merlot
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...starring Dear Leader hisself...

 

May I suggest a change in spelling? 

 

s/b Dear "Reader" hisself.

 

 

 

 

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:35 | 6821154 anonymike
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Noplace in the world more deserves to experience the inevitable and obvious outcome of placing ones faith in the criminal gangs writ large known as centralized government. May Brussels serve as an example/warning to the world of what always results from allowing any group to have power over their society.

 

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness... To SECURE these rights (not grant or limit them in any way), governments are instituted AMONG men (not over them). The instant that a government goes any further than to "secure these rights", it immediately violates them. It becomes an evil parasite, which, as history has always shown, will then want to grow until it consumes its host society. Government at the most local level, if even that, is all that's needed to "secure these rights" and is all that can exist without ultimately violating "these rights".

 

We must use our strongest offense to defeat the criminals who call themselves central government, anywhere and at any level. A violent offense would play into the hands of our opponent, because so much of the wealth stolen from us has been spent on weapons for mass murder and destruction. However, we can all do something very simple to defeat those superior arms. All that's needed is for us to wield a few effective words, written and spoken as often as possible. They have the strength to weaken and destroy society's consent to be governed by the common enemy of all moral people. The truth is becoming obvious to most that there is something terribly wrong with all countries. So, the conditions are ripe.

Our strongest offense is to share, as often as possible, how we feel about the liars, thieves and murderers who call themselves central government. The answer is really quite simple, but requires all of us to win the offensive. Any time you refer to the psychopaths and sociopaths who call themselves central government, insert whatever derogatory preface you prefer at the moment, as I've already had the opportunity to do three times in this short message. If enough of us include this in everything we say and write about the societal excrement who call themselves central government, then more will lose their reluctance and join us, allowing this offensive to go viral. In time, nearly everyone will constantly have this idea in the back of their mind. Then we can achieve a tidal wave of disrespect for the lying, stealing, counterfeiting, kidnapping, mass murdering monsters who call themselves central government. They and their entire institution will have lost all their legitimacy and support, in a revolution that didn't require a single shot to be fired in aggression. The next revolutionary steps of massive disobedience and resistance against all the unjust diktates and acts of aggression will become almost second nature. We will then have the numbers and means to win this war.

Join me in this peaceful revolution against the idea of allowing others to rule over you. Start at this moment to always use a derogatory preface whenever you speak or write about the parasites upon mankind who call themselves central government, the state, or any other level of centralized government. Together, we must win this war against the very idea of central government, so that our progeny may never be oppressed by them.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 13:30 | 6821443 MrPalladium
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All we need to do is just stop being consumers and save 20% of our incomes. Starve the beast down to size.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:40 | 6821170 Able Ape
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Keep CALM! A well-placed banana peel can take you OUT!  Bananas are terrorists and must be immediately BANNED!  

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:47 | 6821186 The Last Bubble
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Chemicals found, where ?! There is no mention of anything like that in the link you posted, only explosives.

You wouldn't be making sh*t up Tyler, right ?!

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:51 | 6821198 V for ...
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Pathetic.

If your only defense is to hide indoors, then get rid of the expensive, unprecedented layers of security apparatus which clearly failed to keep the peace or protect you -  and learn how to use a weapon yourself.

Firstly, get rid of the cause of the problem: meddling bureauRats who concoct a myriad of laws obeyed by most ordinary people ... while the criminals and banksters run riot, threatening everyone's peace and prosperity.

See Brussels. See the future for all.  Unelected bureauRats, traitorous career politicians and thieving, market rigging, war plotting international financiers must be held to account - personally; each one of them. Or at the very least, expose their failures to the disinfectant of sunlight; defy the propaganda; spread the word.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:57 | 6821201 lancia11
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What would happen in Brussels if somebody there now suddenly yells "ALUAH ACKBAR" just for the fun?...
I presume the start of WWIII.

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:16 | 6821257 trader1
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god is great, and...?

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 12:55 | 6821358 Chuckster
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I think it would cause a lot of stench

Sat, 11/21/2015 - 11:56 | 6821207 shortonoil
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Oil prices are going to continue down, and the FX markets are going to go down with it. Looks like they intend to start the lockdown before the bottom falls out. 

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