[HOT AIR] Ever since authorities in Belgium discovered that the terror cell that carried out the Paris attack (and the subsequent Brussels attack) was operating out of a Brussels neighborhood called Molenbeek, there has been a push to identify possible threats in the area. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that push is going to expand beyond Molenbeek into other parts of the city:
In the Brussels district of Schaerbeek, for example, terrorists rented two flats and prepared the bombs for both the Paris and the Brussels attacks.
"We focused on Molenbeek because of all the media attention at the time," Brussels Police Commissioner Luc Ysebaert said on the sidelines of the news conference. "The other districts--like Schaerbeek--will also get reinforcements, but from October on."
The government is in talks with six other Brussels districts about deploying additional officers, Mr. Jambon said.
The plan is to essentially go house to house in these neighborhoods and make sure no one inside has recently been to Syria and back.
" 'Ave you been to Syria, sir?"
"Mais non! Only to gay Paris."
"Thank you very much, sir. Sorry to disturb your tranquility." |
Another effort will be to crack down on welfare fraud. It turns out some of the Paris attack planners were living off welfare while they planned the attack:
| I am shocked. Truly I am. |
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