Posted on Dec 30, 2015
New Year’s Eve festivities & fireworks cancelled in Brussels over terror threat - mayor
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RP Members should we be canceling events like this or beafing up security? Is this what ISIS wants us to do? Your comments?
The authorities in Belgium’s capital have decided to cancel the city’s traditional New Year’s festivities because of the threat of terrorist attacks. The move comes after the arrest of two people suspected of planning an attack targeting the holiday.
In a Wednesday meeting, Brussels’s mayor Yvan Mayeur and Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon took a joint decision to cancel Thursday evening’s festivities.
"Together with the interior minister, we've decided to not have the celebrations on Thursday evening," Mayeur told the state broadcaster RTBF Wednesday night.
About 100,000 people attended the festivities and fireworks last year, according to authorities.
The authorities in Belgium’s capital have decided to cancel the city’s traditional New Year’s festivities because of the threat of terrorist attacks. The move comes after the arrest of two people suspected of planning an attack targeting the holiday.
In a Wednesday meeting, Brussels’s mayor Yvan Mayeur and Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon took a joint decision to cancel Thursday evening’s festivities.
"Together with the interior minister, we've decided to not have the celebrations on Thursday evening," Mayeur told the state broadcaster RTBF Wednesday night.
About 100,000 people attended the festivities and fireworks last year, according to authorities.
New Year’s Eve festivities & fireworks cancelled in Brussels over terror threat - mayor
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As soon as a population responds to the "possibility" of an act of terrorism with a change in plans by fear, the terrorists have won. Vigilance, and by civilian terms, watching for things that don't seem to fit. I find it interesting that our government doesn't have the news put out to the general populace the means of how to BE vigilant in the fight to prevent acts
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs That is the point of terrorism, to exploit fear to change behavior. We cannot allow this to happen. Are we going to bend and say we are not going to celebrate New Years because ISIS,ISIL,Hamas,Hezbollah warns us not to? If so then what do we give up next, Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter, the Passover, 4th of July, Thanksgiving..... I say no, we have to stand up and face this.
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Not very surprising news since the incidents in Paris were linked to some terrorists in the low countries COL Mikel J. Burroughs.
At least the authorities in Belgium, France and Germany are well aware that it is Islamic terrorists who are their primary threat at the present. Hopefully out POTUS will have the moral courage to name names soon.
I expect there will be threats in this nation similar but more widespread to the threats against schools in LA etc. I hope and pray that our authorities will be vigilant and will intercept any terrorists who are planning on causing panic and destruction on New Years eve in this nation.
At least the authorities in Belgium, France and Germany are well aware that it is Islamic terrorists who are their primary threat at the present. Hopefully out POTUS will have the moral courage to name names soon.
I expect there will be threats in this nation similar but more widespread to the threats against schools in LA etc. I hope and pray that our authorities will be vigilant and will intercept any terrorists who are planning on causing panic and destruction on New Years eve in this nation.
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