Brussels Suburb Forest Seemed Unlikely Base for Islamist Extremism (Unexpected!)

Newsweak ^ | March 24, 2016 | Mirren Gidda

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Two days after the attacks in Brussels, and two districts of the Belgian capital have become infamous—even among people who have never visited the city. Molenbeek and Schaerbeek, home to the alleged Paris attackers and the Brussels bombers, are quickly developing a reputation, perhaps exaggerated, as hotbeds of extremism.

But what about a place called Forest? It was here, on March 15, that police almost caught Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris attacks, before he was eventually arrested five days later in Molenbeek. Not only was Forest home to Abdeslam, a man who allegedly bears some responsibility for the deaths of 130 people, but one of the El Bakraoui brothers—both of whom authorities say helped carry out the Brussels attacks—had rented the house for him.

Forest is located southwest of Brussels, a short train ride away from the Gare Centrale, the capital’s central station. At rush hour Thursday morning, a line had formed just outside as armed guards, their faces obscured with balaclavas (cloth headgear) searched commuters’ bags.

[BenLurkin]

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Anywhere that Sharia is practiced ,
and there is a "NO GO ZONE" for law enforcement
you can expect Islamic extreemism.
A radical Islamist is just a suicide vest away.

[Vince Ferrer]

Nobody expects the jihad...

[zzwhale]

this should be NO SURPRISE to anyone who ever went to Brussels...
its been that way for decades....
muslim infestation....
that’s what limp wristed bendover jihadi obama wants for the ussa....
the only question remaining is what will barry change his name to since catlyn is taken and what size boobs will he get...

[PIF]

“... quickly developing a reputation, perhaps exaggerated ...”

Ah! MSN minimalization at work.

[NormsRevenge]

I can only imagine what is in the woods of some states here.