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November 30, 2005
Belgium: Female Suicide Bomber - 14 Islamists Arrested
We brought you yesterday news that a Belgian woman had married a Muslim, become a convert and then gone to Iraq, via Turkey. In Baghdad she then became the first European suicide bomber. Claude Monique, a Belgian terror expert, had predicted that release of the news would provoke imminent arrests of those connected with her. He was right.
Today, Expatica and Associated Press in the Tucson Citizen announce that, in connection with this case, 14 people have been detained in Belgium. They were arrested last night.
Homes in Brussels, Antwerp, Charleroi and Tongeren were raided. Nine of those under arrest will be ordered to appear in court at a later date.
Most of the suspects are Belgian, with two Moroccans and one from Tunisia. The Belgian newspaper "De Standard" announced today that they have been charges with membership of a terrorist organisation.
Initial reports yesterday, which derived from a report by French Radio station RTL were vague about the date of the woman bomber's suicide attack. Now the date has been given as November 9. Belgian media now say that the woman's husband, who is believed to have arranged her trip to Baghdad, went with her, and may now be dead. Six people are said to have been killed in the suicide attack.
Another man from Paris has been arrested in connection to these raids. The 27-year old's identity has not been revealed. He is suspected of having links with a terrorist cells which recruits jihadists from Belgium to fight in Iraq.
In the Belgian raids, documents were taken, but no explosives were discovered.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at November 30, 2005 11:15 AM
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