14 Al Qaeda Linked Terrorists Detained In Belgium For Suspeced Terror Plot

This might have been a very close call here folks - the Belgian security forces detained 14 jihadists today who have links to al Qaeda on suspicions of a serious terror plot targeting a European Union summit meeting. Here are the details from Breitbart:

Police detained 14 suspected al-Qaida-linked extremists on Thursday in raids in
Brussels and eastern Belgium, including one militant who allegedly was plotting
a suicide attack.
The terror sweep came only hours before a European Union
summit brought together the heads of 27 countries in Brussels, though the site
of the purported attack was unclear. Nearly 250 police officers raided 16
locations in the capital and one in the eastern city of Liege overnight,
confiscating computers, data storage equipment and a pistol.
"There was no
other choice than to intervene today," federal prosecutor Johan Delmulle told
reporters. He said one suspect had recorded what looked like a martyrdom video,
including a farewell message.
"It is clear that we have to take the terror
threat seriously," Prime Minister Yves Leterme said as he entered the EU summit
building.

So, who is the mastermind of all of this or at least, who is inspiring all of these terror plots in Europe lately? Well, here's one possibility ...from the article:

The investigation centered on people linked to Nizar Trabelsi, a 37-year-old Tunisian sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2003 for planning to a drive a car bomb into the cafeteria of a Belgian air base where about 100 American military personnel are stationed.
Security services in several European nations suspect Trabelsi, who trained with al-Qaida in Afghanistan, had links with extremists in Britain, France and elsewhere in Europe.

I don't know about you but it seems likely to me that one of these days, the Europeans' luck is gonna run out and one of these plots is going to get by security teams and it is going to be bad. This is exactly why there needs to be such a vigil here in the U.S. to stand up to the soft jihad starting here - the Europeans naiively let the islamists infiltrate their countries in the idea of immigration and multiculturalism and they find themselves now with their lands full of these terrorist cells who are intent on takeover of the countries.

If you look at all of the situations we have had in America, whether it be the flying imams or the footbaths in community colleges or the Somali workers refusal of handling pork in check out lines...these are all signs that the islamists have NO INTENTION of assimilating to American culture and the next face is their trying to force a change to theirs.

14 alleged Islamic extremists detained in Belgium

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Police detained 14 suspected al-Qaida-linked
extremists on Thursday in raids in Brussels and eastern Belgium, including one
militant who allegedly was plotting a suicide attack.
The terror sweep came
only hours before a European Union summit brought together the heads of 27
countries in Brussels, though the site of the purported attack was unclear.
Nearly 250 police officers raided 16 locations in the capital and one in the
eastern city of Liege overnight, confiscating computers, data storage equipment
and a pistol.
"There was no other choice than to intervene today," federal
prosecutor Johan Delmulle told reporters. He said one suspect had recorded what
looked like a martyrdom video, including a farewell message.
"It is clear
that we have to take the terror threat seriously," Prime Minister Yves Leterme
said as he entered the EU summit building.
Helicopters flew overhead and
police guarded dozens of motorcades traveling to the summit cordon.
Delmulle
said it was unclear where the attack had been planned to take place. The
suspects had traveled to both Pakistan and Afghanistan, and it was possible the
suicide bombing might have been drawn up there.
Thursday's raids were linked
to a similar pre-Christmas sweep last year and Delmulle said the investigation
showed at the time "a group of people were in Brussels with the task of
committing an attack."
Investigators waited a year before moving in—opting
to ferret out the entire cell rather a single part.
"It is now clear to all
that we were dealing with a real risk," the justice and interior ministers said
in a statement. "It is more than likely that an attack in Brussels has been
prevented."
The investigation centered on people linked to Nizar Trabelsi, a
37-year-old Tunisian sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2003 for planning to a
drive a car bomb into the cafeteria of a Belgian air base where about 100
American military personnel are stationed.
Security services in several
European nations suspect Trabelsi, who trained with al-Qaida in Afghanistan, had
links with extremists in Britain, France and elsewhere in Europe.
At the
time of last year's arrests, authorities tightened security, warning of a
heightened threat of attacks despite the arrests. Police stepped up patrols at
Brussels airport, subway stations and the downtown Christmas market, which
traditionally draws large crowds of holiday shoppers.
Leterme told reporters
that the investigation justified the extreme security measures that were taken
over the past year.
Authorities did not give a rundown of all the people
under detention.
But Claude Moniquet, the president of the Brussels-based
think tank European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center, and national
media said they included Moroccan-born Malika El Aroud, a 48-year-old Belgian
who writes online in French under the name of Oum Obeyda.
"She is extremely
active as a Jihadist who motivates" terrorists, Moniquet said in an interview.
"She was writing online as recently as three weeks ago. She is very dangerous."