Explosions at Brussels Airport and Metro

It's the same with mosques as with people IMO . They may look pretty on the outside but the separating women as inferior ,the Sharia laws ,all that rubbish we've cleared out years ago is being brought back. I want to scream every time someone trots out it's a lovely religion or they're lovely people. Did you not hear the people on the streets of Paris in the Muslim strongholds shrugging and saying that they didn't blame them (the Charlie Hebdo murderers)really after all they insulted the Prophet..... I noticed they avoided asking the same sort of questions after the Bataclan episode.

Well the mosgue they are building in our town is being re-fashioned out of an old warehouse. The renovation is being carried out on a basis of 'when they have time' and it is looking shoddy to say the least, a real eyesore. The mosque will have no parking facilities but that doesn't matter because it is next to Aldi and they have a nice car park.

And the golden dome of a mosque set against a blue English sky, is a sight to behold. They do know how to build a church. (Which is more than you can say about some modern day Christian churches)

Body scanners at airport entrances, and even the entrance to underground stations and public places, would go some way to preventing these people getting into areas where they could reek havoc. Ok, it would cost millions and people would resent the delays it would cause, but we are talking people's lives here. Like jud I experienced something of this in Northern Ireland in 1972. It is terrifying to hear a bomb going off, even if you aren't, thank God, in close proximity to it. Five went off one after the other about quarter of a mile from where we were standing one evening and I still haven't forgotten the terrific noise of it and how utterly shocked we were. I can't imagine how awful it was for those directly affected by those explosions. And if these bombers are stupid enough to believe that several layers of clothing will prevent them from being blown into too many bits to be recoverable, it's beyond comprehension.

Oh no. That's not right. It's a world religion. And it's not an evil one.

The trouble is that I can believe this was all going on under the noses of the security forces and that the one who was caught and wounded the other day was free to wander around past the police without anyone noticing. There should be no mosques built in European countries. They are just trouble.

harrigan it seems to me that a belief system that talks about women as commodities like that is suspect to say the least

Yes jbf, it does, but many manneken pis pictures I've seen today are showing more anger and irreverence for the bombers, using strong language. Yes, sadness still abounds, but I think things have moved into a new phase 24 hours on.

this sums up the sadness So cruel.

When I saw the CCTV footage of the three men I thought they looked dodgy especially the man in the white jacket and wearing a hat. The man on the extreme right looked over-padded in the chest region as if he had several layers of clothes on. It is known that bombers often wear several layers of clothing to protect their body so that they arrive in paradise intact for the waiting virgins.

The general public is always being warned to be vigilant so maybe if it had been common knowledge that wearing one glove signifies something dodgy is going on they would have been spotted and reported.

I wouldn't take any notice of one man wearing one glove. I'd think maybe he was covering up an injury but two men walking side by side?

I doubt anyone will be allowed to wear gloves in an airport now.

Reporters are suggesting that the Belgian security services haven't got their act properly together

I understand Brussels is under highest alert, so why didn't security notice the two men with only a black glove on each of their left hand, which was supposedly to conceal detonators, and get picked up on camera, am wondering what highest alert actually means.

Felice and sympathies to the people of Brussels. It is so terrible having these attacks in the midst of heavily populated cities and any death or injury to innocent civilians in the name of idealism is IMO immoral.

I lived through the worst of the Troubles in N Ireland. Belfast was hit by bomb attacks day after day in 1971/2 and I experienced the fear and disorientation first hand so have some idea of what you are going through.

I have spoken to DD on Skype tonight and it was a great relief to actually see her. She is pragmatic and very capable on her own but I think tonight she needed to see and talk to family.
Sorry to hear about your DD's friend felice

Thank you Belladonna, no chaos really just a sort of numb shock, people just going quietly about their business.
Not giving in I suppose, Belguim has a stoic history.

Oh Felice, how awful for you all and your DD especially. No words really.
Can only imagine the chaos in the city, but hope SIL gets back soon. DD needs him. Hope you get some sleep.

Just came downstairs from DDs', one of her closest friends, since primary school was killed in the Metro bombing.
We are close to the family and are just devastated.

SIL still not home from work as all his early delivery drivers in Brussels were delayed and French and Dutch deliveries also.

Want to go to bed but know i will just lie there, an old Midsomer Murders for a while perhaps, this certainly puts my accident of last week into perspective.

Yet another hideous and brutal assault on ordinary people going about their daily lives. It is just awful. I hope that ths on GN who may have friends and family in Brussels all have positive news soon.

Just so pleased to hear anyone on here directly involved with relatives and loved ones have heard they're ok. I had an e-mail from our work travel agent at 8am to say there had been 2 explosions at the airport and am ashamed to say didn't think any more about it as I just assumed it was an accident. I was horrified when I realised it was a terrorist attack. I hope they all stay safe now.

Felice thoughts with you and all of you who have friends and relatives there.

Felice. Thoughts very much with you. It must be terrible to actually be there and I think we are lucky here that we only have to see a few graphic images. I do hope the children are not too traumatised, and indeed you and the rest of your family. Please keep in touch,

Perhaps I should start another thread. The problem with the news footage is the continuing 24 hour coverage on all channels.

I refuse to watch these channels. Listen or watch the main bulletins but stop watching the same dreadful images over and over again for everyone's sake.

thanks, cookie! Such a relief!

To wot and harrigran.
Thank God that your loved ones are okay. I never thought that when I joined this site a few days ago, that I would be 'talking' to people whose dear families would be going through such horror !!!
My heart goes out to you Completely and Utterly.